Barbie movie crushes box office! Despite right wing’boycott’

[Tennesseer]

Aug 6, 2023 21:04:27 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 6, 2023 20:47:26 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Highest box office for a film directed by a woman.

It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman"

All male directed films except #45. She has a way to go.

Highest-grossing films[12]
Rank Peak Title Worldwide gross Year Reference(s)
1 1 Avatar $2,923,706,026 2009 [# 1][# 2]
2 1 Avengers: Endgame $2,797,501,328 2019 [# 3][# 4]
3 3 Avatar: The Way of Water $2,320,250,281 2022 [# 5][# 6]
4 1 Titanic T$2,257,844,554 1997 [# 7][# 8]
5 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,068,223,624 2015 [# 9][# 10]
6 4 Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754 2018 [# 11][# 12]
7 6 Spider-Man: No Way Home $1,921,847,111 2021 [# 13][# 14]
8 3 Jurassic World $1,671,537,444 2015 [# 15][# 16]
9 7 The Lion King $1,656,943,394 2019 [# 17][# 4]
10 3 The Avengers $1,518,815,515 2012 [# 18][# 19]
11 4 Furious 7 $1,515,341,399 2015 [# 20][# 21]
12 11 Top Gun: Maverick $1,495,696,292 2022 [# 22][# 23]
13 10 Frozen II $1,450,026,933 2019 [# 24][# 25]
14 5 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,402,809,540 2015 [# 26][# 21]
15 15 The Super Mario Bros. Movie † $1,356,734,836 2023 [# 27][# 28]
16 9 Black Panther $1,347,280,838 2018 [# 29][# 30]
17 3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,342,139,727 2011 [# 31][# 32]
18 9 Star Wars: The Last Jedi $1,332,539,889 2017 [# 33][# 34]
19 12 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,308,473,425 2018 [# 35][# 12]
20 5 Frozen F$1,290,000,000 2013 [# 36][# 37]
21 10 Beauty and the Beast $1,263,521,126 2017 [# 38][# 39]
22 15 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 2018 [# 40][# 12]
23 11 The Fate of the Furious F8$1,238,764,765 2017 [# 41][# 39]
24 5 Iron Man 3 $1,214,811,252 2013 [# 42][# 43]
25 10 Minions $1,159,444,662 2015 [# 44][# 16]
26 12 Captain America: Civil War $1,153,337,496 2016 [# 45][# 46]
27 20 Aquaman $1,148,528,393 2018 [# 47][# 12]
28 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,147,633,833 2003 [# 48][# 49]
29 24RK Spider-Man: Far From Home $1,131,927,996 2019 [# 50][# 4]
30 23RK Captain Marvel $1,128,274,794 2019 [# 51][# 52]
31 5RK Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,794,079 2011 [# 53][# 32]
32 7 Skyfall $1,108,569,499 2012 [# 54][# 55]
33 10 Transformers: Age of Extinction $1,104,054,072 2014 [# 56][# 57]
34 7 The Dark Knight Rises $1,081,169,825 2012 [# 58][# 59]
35 31 Joker $1,074,458,282 2019 [# 60][# 25]
36 32 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $1,074,144,248 2019 [# 61][# 25]
37 30 Toy Story 4 $1,073,394,593 2019 [# 62][# 4]
38 4TS3 Toy Story 3 $1,066,970,811 2010 [# 63][# 64]
39 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,747 2006 [# 65][# 66]
40 20 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $1,057,420,387 2016 [# 67][# 68]
41 34 Aladdin $1,050,693,953 2019 [# 69][# 4]
42 6 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,045,713,802 2011 [# 70][# 64]
43 24 Despicable Me 3 $1,034,800,131 2017 [# 71][# 39]
44 1 Jurassic Park $1,034,199,003 1993 [# 72][# 73]
45 45 Barbie † $1,031,481,000 2023 [# 74][# 75]

List of highest-grossing films

[Tennesseer]

Aug 6, 2023 21:04:27 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 6, 2023 20:47:26 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Highest box office for a film directed by a woman.

It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman"
thedirect.com/article/barbie-movie-box-office-record

Oh look! The qualifier in your linked article.

2. Biggest Opening by a Female Director
Greta Gerwig's latest film beat Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. Previously, Patty Jenkins held the record for Wonder Woman's $103.3 million opening.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 6, 2023 21:11:46 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 6, 2023 21:04:27 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman"
thedirect.com/article/barbie-movie-box-office-record

Oh look! The qualifier in your linked article.

2. Biggest Opening by a Female Director
Greta Gerwig's latest film beat Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. Previously, Patty Jenkins held the record for Wonder Woman's $103.3 million opening.

It's also biggest opening of 2023, biggest opening for a non sequel, biggest opening for a toy movie etc etc And it has only been in theaters a couple of weeks. It's going to move way up that top 50 list.

[laterbloomer]

Biggest domestic film opening ever for a non sequel, non superhero movie...

[Tennesseer]

Aug 6, 2023 21:29:28 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 6, 2023 21:11:46 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Oh look! The qualifier in your linked article.

2. Biggest Opening by a Female Director
Greta Gerwig's latest film beat Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. Previously, Patty Jenkins held the record for Wonder Woman's $103.3 million opening.

It's also biggest opening of 2023, biggest opening for a non sequel, biggest opening for a toy movie etc etc And it has only been in theaters a couple of weeks. It's going to move way up that top 50 list.

lets get back to this: You ignoring the fact you tried to put me down for me stating she was a woman director but then you post a link which said the same thing I did.

Shame on you for posting a linked article highlighting she was a woman.

[Opti]

Avatar was in theatres for 34 weeks. I don't know if Barbie will be out that long, but I would think it has at least some more weeks to gain ticket sales and move up the list.

[Tennesseer]

Aug 7, 2023 6:31:03 GMT -5 Opti said:

Avatar was in theatres for 34 weeks. I don't know if Barbie will be out that long, but I would think it has at least some more weeks to gain ticket sales and move up the list.

No one said it couldn't move up the list.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 6, 2023 22:04:32 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 6, 2023 21:29:28 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

It's also biggest opening of 2023, biggest opening for a non sequel, biggest opening for a toy movie etc etc And it has only been in theaters a couple of weeks. It's going to move way up that top 50 list.

lets get back to this: You ignoring the fact you tried to put me down for me stating she was a woman director but then you post a link which said the same thing I did.

Shame on you for posting a linked article highlighting she was a woman.

Nothing I said put you down. You are not the only one focusing just on the accomplishments compared to other women directed films. I linked an article that points out it is doing well in more ways than that.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 6, 2023 22:04:32 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 6, 2023 21:29:28 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

It's also biggest opening of 2023, biggest opening for a non sequel, biggest opening for a toy movie etc etc And it has only been in theaters a couple of weeks. It's going to move way up that top 50 list.

lets get back to this: You ignoring the fact you tried to put me down for me stating she was a woman director but then you post a link which said the same thing I did.

Shame on you for posting a linked article highlighting she was a woman.

You know, you could have just said "You're right, it's doing well all around"

[Tennesseer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:15:20 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 6, 2023 22:04:32 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

lets get back to this: You ignoring the fact you tried to put me down for me stating she was a woman director but then you post a link which said the same thing I did.

Shame on you for posting a linked article highlighting she was a woman.

You know, you could have just said "You're right, it's doing well all around"

All you had to do was look at my posts on page one to know I supported this movie.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:19:32 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:15:20 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

You know, you could have just said "You're right, it's doing well all around"

All you had to do was look at my posts on page one to know I supported this movie.

I never said you didn't. But if you are interested in being an ally for equality it is helpful to add that the movie is doing well in general, not just compared to other films directed by women. The implication is that the standards are lower that way. Do you know that I have read articles trying to give credit to Oppenheimer for Barbie doing so well. As if folks went to the cinema intending to see Oppenheimer but somehow ended up at Barbie.

[laterbloomer]

I'd like to see the headline "Biggest Blockbuster of 2023 written, directed and produced by women!"

[Tennesseer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:24:51 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:19:32 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

All you had to do was look at my posts on page one to know I supported this movie.

I never said you didn't. But if you are interested in being an ally for equality it is helpful to add that the movie is doing well in general, not just compared to other films directed by women. The implication is that the standards are lower that way. Do you know that I have read articles trying to give credit to Oppenheimer for Barbie doing so well. As if folks went to the cinema intending to see Oppenheimer but somehow ended up at Barbie.

Blah, blah, blah.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:30:56 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:24:51 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

I never said you didn't. But if you are interested in being an ally for equality it is helpful to add that the movie is doing well in general, not just compared to other films directed by women. The implication is that the standards are lower that way. Do you know that I have read articles trying to give credit to Oppenheimer for Barbie doing so well. As if folks went to the cinema intending to see Oppenheimer but somehow ended up at Barbie.

Blah, blah, blah.

I'm not really sure what we are arguing about.

[Tennesseer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:32:51 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:30:56 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Blah, blah, blah.

I'm not really sure what we are arguing about.

Aug 6, 2023 21:04:27 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 6, 2023 20:47:26 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Highest box office for a film directed by a woman.

It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman"
thedirect.com/article/barbie-movie-box-office-record

[laterbloomer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:36:46 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:32:51 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

I'm not really sure what we are arguing about.

Aug 6, 2023 21:04:27 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman"
thedirect.com/article/barbie-movie-box-office-record

Isn't it?

[Tennesseer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:37:41 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:36:46 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Isn't it?

You said after I noted she was the first female director to break into the billion dollar club:

"It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman""


From your own link if you forgot which did mention she was a female:

. Biggest Opening by a Female Director
Greta Gerwig's latest film beat Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. Previously, Patty Jenkins held the record for Wonder Woman's $103.3 million opening.

You know, you could have just said "You're right, she is the first female".

End of my participation here.

[laterbloomer]

Aug 7, 2023 9:56:08 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Aug 7, 2023 9:37:41 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

Isn't it?

You said after I noted she was the first female director to break into the billion dollar club:

"It's breaking box office records that don't include the qualifier "for a woman""


From your own link if you forgot which did mention she was a female:

. Biggest Opening by a Female Director
Greta Gerwig's latest film beat Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film directed by a woman. Previously, Patty Jenkins held the record for Wonder Woman's $103.3 million opening.

You know, you could have just said "You're right, she is the first female".

End of my participation here.

But it's doing more than that.

[thyme4change]

Maybe everyone needs to take a breath. We are all kenough.

[tractor]

I'm in a big city right now, and there are several couples walking around dressed as Ken and Barbie, it's amusing, and scary all at the same time. I guess it's what kids do for fun these days...

[thyme4change]

Aug 7, 2023 18:44:08 GMT -5 tractor said:

I'm in a big city right now, and there are several couples walking around dressed as Ken and Barbie, it's amusing, and scary all at the same time. I guess it's what kids do for fun these days...

My husband said he will cosplay as Allan for the rest of the year. Basically changing nothing. He looks nothing like Allan.

[hurley1980]

I finally went and saw this movie yesterday.  It was amazing!  Alan and weird barbie were hilarious.  I still can't understand why the right wingers are so upset.....

[thyme4change]

Every year I try to watch all the Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Outside of that, I don’t see a lot of movies. I know that the academy won’t nominate a movie as silly as this - but as I compare it to some of the crap I have had to watch **cough* Mank *cough cough** Barbie should be nominated. 40 year old virgin was also good enough to be nominated and Steve Carrell definitely should have been best actor. He was amazing.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

www.cnn.com/2023/08/16/media/barbie-box-office/index.html

New York
CNN
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“Barbie,” which has broken numerous box office records since its July 21 opening, just broke another.

The Greta Gerwig-directed film about the iconic doll, is now Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing domestic release, beating the former title holder, the 2008 film “The Dark Knight.” As of Tuesday, “Barbie” has made $537.4 million at the US box office, surpassing the haul of director Christopher Nolan’s Batman blockbuster, “The Dark Knight,” which amassed $536 million.



Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns CNN, announced Wednesday that “Barbie” had also crossed the $1.2 billion mark globally, after hitting the $1 billion milestone less than two weeks ago — a feat achieved only by about 50 films in history, adjusted for inflation, Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, previously told CNN. It also placed Gerwig as the highest-grossing woman movie director in history.

go barbie! go barbie!

[Tennesseer]