Barbie ‘contributed over £80m to the UK economy’ says Warner Bros

Hollywood studio reported figure to a parliamentary committee investigation into how to support the British film industry

The Barbie movie directly contributed over 80m to the UK economy and created 685 jobs, its parent studio Warner Bros said, as part of its statement to a government inquiry.

The Hollywood studio was one of scores of organisations that submitted written evidence to a parliamentary committee inquiry into the British film and high-end television industry, which is designed to investigate what needs to be done to maintain and enhance the UK as a global destination for production and how the independent film production sector can best be supported".