![]() ![]() Gerwig and Margot Robbie, who played the title role, to contracts that did not include provisions for sequels. ![]() Gerwig so much money - about $145 million - to make such a pink movie. executives challenged the wisdom of giving Ms. Before “Barbie” was released, even some Warner Bros. An old movie industry maxim holds that women will go to a “guy” movie but not vice versa.īut studios have continued to be hesitant. “Barbie” once again disproved a stubborn Hollywood myth: that “girl” movies - films made by women, starring women and aimed at women - are limited in their appeal. 1 in the United States and Canada for the third weekend in a row, collecting $53 million, for a new domestic total of $459.4 million. Gerwig could not be reached, according to a spokeswoman. (“ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” was previously the fastest to $1 billion, at 19 days.) As of Sunday, “Barbie” had been playing in theaters for 17 days. No movie in the studio’s 100-year history has sold so many tickets so fast, said Jeff Goldstein, Warner’s president of domestic distribution. Gerwig from a script she wrote with her partner, Noah Baumbach, will finish the weekend with more than $1 billion in ticket sales at the global box office, according to Warner Bros. Make that 28 men and one woman: Greta Gerwig. In the history of Hollywood, very few people - 28 to be precise, all men - have had the sole directing credit on a billion-dollar movie. ![]()
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