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Barbie Surpasses The Dark Knight as Warner Bros. Highest-Grossing Domestic Release in History

posted a year ago by Evoken (1402)
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Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy “Barbie” has crossed $537.5 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero epic “The Dark Knight” ($536 million) as the highest-grossing domestic release in Warner Bros. history.

And the box office records aren’t expected to stop anytime soon. In the coming days, “Barbie” will surpass Universal’s animated “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($574 million) as the biggest domestic release of 2023. At this rate, “Barbie,” which just hit $1.2 billion globally, also has a shot of eclipsing “Mario” ($1.35 billion) as the highest-grossing worldwide release of the year.

https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/barbie-warner-bros-biggest-movie-us-beats-dark-knight-1235697702/

[–] 123Guy (7259) a year ago

people long for FUN to be back in cinema. (Maverick etc)

too bad this one had to slap us with agenda also

[–] Satan2016 (25525) a year ago

Will be #1 of 2023 next Thur, only $30m more to beat Stupid Mario!

[–] Evoken (1402) a year ago

Could it reach 2billion globally?

[–] Jacksman344 (120) a year ago

I doubt it. Its already starting to lose theaters. That usually the beginning of the end.

[–] tom8 (3119) a year ago

adjusted for inflation, it's still only in 10th place for US Domestic box office gross among Warner Bros films.
"Barbie" currently stands at $541.9m, "The Exorcist" is #1 with $1.5bn plus change, nearly 3x as high.

https://www.krqe.com/news-resources/ranking/highest-grossing-warner-bros-movies-of-all-time/

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) a year ago

Good for Barbie!

[–] blue1981 (7735) a year ago

I'll say it's a good thing for movie theaters.

[–] SamNoyoun (5827) a year ago

early estimates say this could be a huge flop...
posted 6 days ago by JoWilli (11147)

no one wants to see a middle aged barbie and ken, go woke go broke...

[–] Kowalski (75520) a year ago

🤣

[–] SamNoyoun (5827) a year ago

He has since edited the post and title of course...

[–] pbt (113) a year ago

I dunno, there's not enough gay tension between Batman and Robin. Hollywood really needs to step it up if it wants to survive in today's market. Maybe have a scene where Batman hands a stack of papers to Robin? When Robin's hand goes to grab it, Batman seductively brushes his finger across Robin's finger in a closeup, leaving him aroused and confused, like in that scene between Clarice and Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs?

[–] Jacksman344 (120) a year ago

Only the Dark Knight is a Cinematic masterpiece. And Barbie is trash, that most people already trying to forget about.

[–] Kowalski (75520) a year ago

BOTH OF THOSE STATEMENTS ARE INCORRECT.