Barbie is now WB highest-grossing movie at the US BO much thanks to the hatred of whites. On Tuesday “Barbie” topped $537 million, making it the highest-grossing domestic movie in Warner Bros. Discovery's 100-year history. The film surpassed Christopher Nolan's “The Dark Knight,” which generated $536 million in 2008.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/critics-hype-barbie-takedown-toxic-masculinity-masters-thesis-feminism
Barbie is now WB highest-grossing movie at the US BO much thanks to the hatred of whites.
Let’s adjust that for inflation and see who’s on top. 😉
shareIndeed, 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/
Wow Even Christopher Reeve Superman made more money than Barbie.
shareWe're still in an epidemic so many people are staying out of movie theaters which are struggling. That affects the box office.
shareStatistics don't back up that statement.
Year......#1 Release......Opening...........% of Total...Theaters...Average...Total Gross
2023.....Barbie............$162,022,044...28.5%........4,243.......$38,185...$569,461,048
2022.....Dr Strange......$187,420,998...45.6%........4,534.......$41,336...$411,331,607
2021.....SpiderMan.......$260,138,569...32.3%........4,336.......$59,995...$804,793,477
2020.....Bad Boys.........$62,504,105.....30.3%.......3,775.......$16,557...$206,305,244
2019.....Avengers: EG...$357,115,007...41.6%.......4,662.......$76,601...$858,373,000
2018.....Avengers: IW...$257,698,183...38%..........4,474.......$57,599...$678,815,482
Covid was declared a pandemic in March 2020. See that ugly 2020 drop at the box office?
First known case at that time was in Wuhan in December 2019. It was very late in the year and most people knew nothing about it, therefore I wouldn't include that year as an example of Covid affecting the box office.
Studios didn't release many movies during 2020 and 2021 in the theaters. Many theaters were shutdown or required vaccination proof. Many films were streamed from home which counts in the box office figures.
A significant number of retired seniors used to go to matinees which they avoid now. Let's not forget over 1 million people died, too. I don't see the long movie theater lines, anymore. Retail and restaurants are still filing for bankruptcy across the country.
Barbie was released only one month ago and is still number 2 at the box office. Your figures are premature.
BTW, infection rates are increasing. New variant.
You're ignoring the opening column. That's how much was drawn for the film in its OPENING weekend. Whatever the figures are a year, or 3 months from now, will not alter its opening weekend gross. In Barbie's case, that opening is done.
Covid infections are down GLOBALLY... not a single country has reported an increase in cases from March 2022, a full year and 4 months before Barbie came out. Variants included. Everywhere that had mask mandates and access to vaccinations, has relaxed restrictions, more cinemas were opened back up, Nowhere is on forced lockdown at this point. Yet a lower percentage of movie-goers went to see Barbie on it's open without a pandemic, then went to see Spiderman in 2021 on ITS open when the virus was far more active and deadly, and some restrictions were still in place.
Barbie averaged $38k per theater, Spiderman raked in $59k. Admittedly, Barbie had (just under) 100 cinemas less than Spiderman, but that should have increased Barbies take per cinema if it was the money-spinner you say it is.
In short, even if covid is a factor now, it was far more of a factor in previous years. People using it as a crutch at this point are pathetic.
What's your obsession with Barbie's box office? You're insecure about a girl's doll movie?
"On Wednesday, Warner Bros.’ Barbie will become the highest-grossing movie at the 2023 domestic box office with north of $574.2M, overtaking Universal/Illumination Entertainment’s The Super Mario Bros Movie, whose stateside run finaled at that amount.
It took Super Mario Bros Movie 138 days to get to $574.2M, and it took last year’s top domestic champ Top Gun: Maverick from Paramount/Skydance 40 days to reach that point. It’s only taking Barbie 34 days. Through Monday, the Greta Gerwig-directed feature — the top-grossing pic ever from a female director — grossed $569.3M. Today, Barbie is on her way to minting $3M on what is a discount ticket day. Top Gun: Maverick took 47 days to reach $600M. Barbie beat Top Gun 2 to the $500M domestic threshold, reaching that benchmark in 22 days to the Tom Cruise sequel’s 30 days. It took Super Mario Bros 31 days to cross the half-billion mark in U.S./Canada.
In her fifth weekend, Barbie grossed $21M, besting the $18.55M fifth weekend take of Super Mario Bros — but not Top Gun 2, which did $29.6M at the same point in time. This weekend, in its sixth frame, Barbie is expected to gross $12M-$13M. "
https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office-barbie-2023-record-1235525302/
"The industry is expected to recover further to roughly $8.5 billion to $9.5 billion in 2023 as the film slate picks back up to pre-Covid levels. But it would still be a far cry from the $11.4 billion of box office in 2019, the last year before the virus hit the U.S., Comscore data show."
Covid is less lethal and widespread now, but it's still here and rising.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-hospitalizations-rise-5th-week-lower-than-last-year-cdc/story?id=102439032
Rural folks like yourself are safer from Covid unless cows get it.
"What's your obsession with Barbie's box office? You're insecure about a girl's doll movie?"
You literally posted on a comment I made. That shows YOU are obsessed with it.
"Covid is less lethal and widespread now, but it's still here and rising."
Quote from the article: "Current hospitalization numbers are about three times lower than the same time last year and about six times lower than in 2021, according to the CDC."
"Rural folks like yourself are safer from Covid unless cows get it."
Ah, yes... insults. The bitter counterpart to not having a valid argument to present.
For reference:
"The Census Bureau defines rural as any population, housing, or territory NOT in an urban area."
"To qualify as an urban area, the territory identified according to criteria must encompass at least 2,000 housing units or have a population of at least 5,000."
sources:
https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=49cd4bc9c8eb444ab51218c1d5001ef6#
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html
I live in an Urban area with 23,000 people. So you are a liar by saying I'm rural.
Why do you need to lie about next to prove your argument?
You're emotionally invested with Barbie's box office. Why?
"As COVID cases flare, some schools and businesses reinstate mask mandates"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-mask-mandate-variants-cases-rising/
I told you so!
You're very rural. 21,000 employees work in just ONE building, the Empire State Building in New York City. Your entire "urban" population can fit comfortably in Chicago's Willis Tower. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum sits 77,500.
"You're emotionally invested with Barbie's box office. Why?"
I'm more emotionally invested in factual data, unlike you. But I note you didn't address that YOU are the one getting emotional over the film. Why?
CBS news? You should just go to Wikipedia and be done with it.
Quote from the article:
"Like vaccine requirements, cities and states have widely dropped mask mandates as COVID rates have dropped since peaking in 2022. In February, for example, New York state dropped a requirement that face coverings be worn even in health care settings, in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after most other local businesses had already nixed mandates voluntarily."
Tell me you get your news from headlines and ignore the actual article, without telling me you get your news from headlines and ignore the actual article.
It is literally in your own source that only a minority of businesses and schools are reinstating them on a volunteer basis. That is no way near the GOVERNMENT MANDATED requirements of the past. You are conflating a voluntary minority subset as being a national government requirement that is in essence a criminal offence not to follow. Well done you.
"You're very rural. 21,000 employees work in just ONE building, the Empire State Building in New York City. Your entire "urban" population can fit comfortably in Chicago's Willis Tower. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum sits 77,500."
By your reasoning, with a population density of 96 people per square mile, the entirety of the US is rural. Especially compared to other countries. You're now pulling arbitrary numbers out your ass to make your case. I'd much rather accept the census department clear and concise definition, than some random person who has a fixation on making stuff up. But, you do you.
I mean, you're a confirmed liar already, so nobody is surprised at this point.
You're emotionally invested in disproving the OP comment about the "Barbie" movie success over toxic white males. Why?
#1 2023 movie is Barbie. Only data needed.
Your post is filled with repeated lies, misinformation and distortions.
"That is no way near the GOVERNMENT MANDATED requirements of the past."
You're attributing your delusion to me. My quote:
"Covid is less lethal and widespread now, but it's still here and rising."
and
""The industry is expected to recover further to roughly $8.5 billion to $9.5 billion in 2023 as the film slate picks back up to pre-Covid levels. But it would still be a far cry from the $11.4 billion of box office in 2019, the last year before the virus hit the U.S., Comscore data show.""
There's not a damn thing wrong with CBS news!
You live in a small community where crowds aren't as dense, therefore you're less affected by Covid outbreaks. It's presumptuous of you to assume people living in cities will ignore Covid outbreaks like you can afford to do.
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"You're emotionally invested in disproving the OP comment about the "Barbie" movie success over toxic white males. Why?"
Because he's stating 'facts' that aren't backed up by his source material. Why don't facts matter to you?
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Your quote:
"As COVID cases flare, some schools and businesses reinstate mask mandates"
(and yes, I'm aware you just copy and pasted the headline, but by doing so you are essentially saying 'This is what I think')
Other facts reported in the article:
"Like vaccine requirements, cities and states have widely dropped mask mandates as COVID rates have dropped since peaking in 2022. In February, for example, New York state dropped a requirement that face coverings be worn even in health care settings, in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after most other local businesses had already nixed mandates voluntarily."
Takeout:
The CDC haven't mandated anything, so the current government, largely supportive of masking previously, are not as concerned as it was previously. It is a voluntary mandate by less organisations than than the number of organisations that aren't mandating it, by definition, a minority of organisations are concerned, so they introduced mandates.
One of the cities with the strictest mandates at the time, and one of the last to remove the mandates after the federal government said they were no longer necessary, still hasn't re-introduced them.
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"You live in a small community where crowds aren't as dense, therefore you're less affected by Covid outbreaks."
You don't get to decide who was affected by Covid. It was global virus. Cities with far less people than mine had far greater casualties. But, sure... what you said while ignoring evidence right in front of everyone. I can only lay down facts, it's up to you to believe in them or not.
"It's presumptuous of you to assume people living in cities will ignore Covid outbreaks like you can afford to do."
It's presumptuous of you to assume people living in rural areas, of which by the definition I'm not even in, will ignore Covid outbreaks. Your comment here reeks of hypocrisy. I can't assume something, but you can just say 'like you can afford to' without question.
Nobody aware of the virus ignored it. It was a global pandemic, it was worldwide and affected everyone to some degree.
"Cities with far less people than mine had far greater casualties"
Which cities? Link?
That is your issue? Not that you patently lied about how bad Covid is right now? Not that you think you know better than the CDC? Not that you think a voluntary mandate by a small minority of businesses is affecting Cinema gate when it clearly isn't?
Now I know you have an agenda.
No cities. You lied.
shareNo evidence that Covid is as bad as you say it is? Plenty of evidence it isn't?
You lied.
"Cities with far less people than mine had far greater casualties"
I'm still waiting for this link.
I'm still waiting for you to prove Covid is still having an impact on cinema gates. You know, the claim you made before I made any mention of Covid. The claim that you say is in the linked article source you gave, which the article itself specifically says is not true.
sharePost from 7 days ago:
"The industry is expected to recover further to roughly $8.5 billion to $9.5 billion in 2023 as the film slate picks back up to pre-Covid levels. But it would still be a far cry from the $11.4 billion of box office in 2019, the last year before the virus hit the U.S., Comscore data show."
For you: RIF.ORG
You're welcome!
Recover further, as in it is recovering already. But you previously said it hasn't recovered?
Strange, it's like you were lying...
You also linked to the home-page of that site, rather than an article. So, yes, I am very welcome that you still haven't provided a source to your claims.
In the meantime, you still haven't addressed the fact that you said that Covid is still at epidemic levels, while only a small minority of private corporations agree with you, and the CDC, the overwhelming majority of industry leaders, and all city and federal officials disagree with you.
I think I'm done with this conversation at this point. Feel free to engage in conversation again once you stop making up things.
The studios are raking in more profits with Streaming and after-market media with a lot of their current hits. Box Office is just the flagship indicator for the rest of their IP's projected moneygrabbing enterprise.
Even the threatened white male victim media vloggosphere machine contributed to Barbie's success. The more it's talked about, the linger it keeps making money.
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I mean you do realize that it was a large majority of white people, gay males, who saw this movie, right?? Just saying before you go all in on the white hating Barbie nonsense??
shareIt is sad since The Dark Knight is so much better in short terms.
shareI finally saw it. Its a social satire about the evil nature of the patriarchy, the toxic male patriarchy! I kinda liked it.
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