‘Barbie’ Rakes in $1 Billion in Global Box Office Ticket Sales

Barbie, which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, is the most successful film solo directed by a woman since Wonder Woman, which earned $821.8 million total worldwide, the Associated Press reported. Three other films co-directed by women have also soared past $1 billion in global ticket sales: Frozen, at $1.3 billion, and Frozen 2, at $1.45 billion, both co-directed by Jennifer Lee, and Captain Marvel, co-directed by Anna Boden, with $1.1 billion.

Barbie has attracted an estimated $459.4 million in cumulative North American box office receipts, including an estimated $53 million this weekend, according to ComScore. It drew another $572.1 million in global ticket sales, including $74 million this past weekend.

Warner Bros.’ Meg 2: The Trench opened in the No. 2 domestically this weekend, with $30 million in North American ticket sales, including higher-priced 3D tickets. Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer was third with $28.7 million, and Paramount Studios’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was No. 4 with $28 million, ComScore said.

Meg 2 devoured $112 million in international ticket sales this weekend; Barbie was second; and Oppenheimer, about the American theoretical physicist called the “father of the atomic bomb,” was third in worldwide box office, with $52.8 million, and $552.9 million cumulatively worldwide, according to ComScore.

Oppenheimer opened on the same day Barbie did, launching the “Barbenheimer” trend on social media and raking in a $302 million blockbuster opening weekend.

Since then, an estimated 55.5 million moviegoers have seen both films, including 39 million for the PG-13-rated Barbie, and 16.5 million for the R-rated Oppenheimer, according to data analytics firm EntTelligence.

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