Greta Gerwig’s Barbie breaks data with $155 million US opening

Legions of Barbie-core and biopic followers descended onto theaters this weekend for the “Barbenheimer” field workplace phenomenon, however one pink-plastered efficiency, specifically, got here out on high. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has already smashed a number of data, raking in $155 million domestically over the weekend — the very best US opening ever for a movie directed by a girl — beating the earlier $153 million achieved by Anna Boden’s Captain Marvel.

“The huge, overwhelming response we’ve seen on the market proves what we’ve recognized from the start: that ‘Barbie’ just isn’t solely an extremely particular movie, however clearly the theatrical occasion of the summer season, if not the 12 months,” stated Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Footage president of home distribution in an announcement. “We couldn’t be extra thrilled to be a part of it, and congratulate everybody concerned on this sensible labor of affection.”

Barbie additionally dethrones The Tremendous Mario Bros Film ($146 million) because the highest-grossing home opening for 2023, and achieved $337 million in mixed worldwide box-office gross sales. There aren’t any actual losers this weekend although — Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer opened forward of business estimations with $174.2 million earned worldwide, with round $80.5 million achieved domestically. In line with AVClub, “Barbenheimer’s” mixed earnings contributed to this being the fourth-biggest field workplace weekend for all motion pictures in US historical past, and the most important not pushed by Disney franchises like Star Wars or Marvel.

Oppenheimer equally broke a number of data by itself. In line with Deadline (which has compiled a listing of all of the field workplace data achieved by each motion pictures) the R-rated historic drama had the most important international opening day and weekend for a biopic, having outperformed Bohemian Rhapsody’s $124 million. It’s additionally Nolan’s third-highest-grossing opening weekend ever in each home and international markets, and his largest non-superhero film thus far behind The Darkish Knight Rises ($161 million home) and The Darkish Knight ($158 million).

If something, these figures present that the hype surrounding “Barbenheimer” was earnest. What initially began as a joke — taking part in off that two motion pictures with such stark variations in tone could be sharing a gap weekend — grew to an web phenomenon that noticed 200,000 US theater-goers shopping for tickets to see each motion pictures on the identical day, in accordance with the Nationwide Affiliation of Theater House owners. Moderately than decide the low-hanging fruit of constructing this occasion a “boys vs women” contest, viewers have chosen to assist each motion pictures. It’s fantastic to see such a celebration of cinema that doesn’t contain a multiversal superhero film or its fifteenth sequel.