“Barbie”: the millionaire box office figure of the film in its first weekend

The new movie of Greta Gerwig It is already enjoyed in rooms! “Barbie” was one of the most anticipated releases of the year and, since last week, it can be seen in theaters. The film starring margot robbie (“Suicide Squad”) competed during its opening weekend with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, but managed to raise a million-dollar and important figure at the box office that has made it one of the best releases of the year.

The feature film inspired by the Mattel doll most loved by children has been available since last Wednesday, July 19, in certain countries and, five days later, we know how much it has managed to accumulate in ticket sales. Do you want to know how many millions of dollars “Barbie” grossed? Coming up next, we tell you.

The expectation of having “Barbie” with Margot Robbie in theaters was on the rise until its official release last week. During its early days, the film directed by Greta Gerwig managed to gross $155 million at the US box office.

While, internationally it added 182 million dollars. In this way, it has to “Barbie” managed to raise a total of 337 million dollars at the global box office. This means a great triumph for the tape of the production company Warner Bros, who made a total investment of 145 million dollars in the film project.

“We have a pink unicorn here. We thought it would be $75 million for the first weekend. No one saw $155 million coming. This doll has long legs”Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. president of national distribution, told Variety.

In addition, with this box office figure, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” becomes the biggest opening in history for a film directed by a woman. The title was held until now by “Captain Marvel” (2019), co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, which raised 153 million dollars in its first weekend.

On the other hand, it should be noted that his main competition of the week was “Openheimer” by Christopher Nolan, which managed to raise the figure of 80.5 million dollars during its first weekend in the United States; breaking in this way with the projections that projected it with 50 million dollars at the box office. Meanwhile, internationally it added 93.7 million dollars; giving like this a global total of $174 million.

Greta Gerwig’s new film follows the story of Barbie (Margot Robbie), who has just been kicked out of Barbieland for not being a perfect-looking doll. After that, she leaves for the human world to find her true happiness with Ken (Ryan Gosling).

The film inspired by the iconic Mattel doll stars Margot Robbie in the role of Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken.

These are all the cast of “Barbie”:

• Margot Robbie as Barbie
• Ryan Gosling as Ken

• Michael Cera as Allen
• Hellen Mirrren as Narrator
• Will Farrell as the CEO of Mattel
• Issa Rae
• Emma MacKey
• nicole coughlin
• kate mckinnon
• Alexandra Shipp
• Hari Neff
• Ana Cruz Kayne
• Ritu Arya
• Dua Lipa
• Kingsley Ben Adir
• Ncuti Gatwa
• simu liu

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