Ticket sales for “Barbie” now rank second this year, behind the “Super Mario Brothers” movie.
Al Arabiya.net – Agencies
Posted on: August 06, 2023: 10:22 PM GST Last updated: August 07, 2023: 01:52 AM GST
Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery Co., said on Sunday that “Barbie” movie has received more than $1 billion in worldwide sales since its July 21 debut.
The company added in a statement that the comedy-fiction movie has earned $459 million in the United States and Canada and another $572.1 million abroad since it hit theaters, for a total of $1.0315 billion.
Media analytics firm ComScore confirmed the revenue.
Warner Bros. said that Greta Groeg, writer and director of the Oscar-nominated “Barbie”, also became the first female filmmaker to cross the billion-dollar revenue threshold for one of her works.
This was the third weekend in theaters for “Barbie”. Comscore said the film grossed $127 million worldwide on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, including $53 million domestically and another $74 million overseas.
Ticket sales for “Barbie” now rank second this year, behind “The Super Mario Brothers,” which premiered in April and grossed $1.357 billion at the box office.
