Greta Gerwig is experiencing newfound success. In just three weeks, her film “Barbie” is on track to surpass $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking the previous record set by Patty Jenkins, director of “Wonder Woman.”
“Barbie,” directed and co-written by Gerwig, earned an additional $53 million from 4,178 theaters in North America this weekend. The film, led and produced by Margot Robbie, has held the top spot for three weeks and shows no signs of stopping. Warner Bros. predicts that “Barbie” will surpass $1 billion by the end of the day.
Out of 53 movies in box office history that have made over $1 billion (excluding inflation), “Barbie” now boasts the highest grossing film directed by a woman, surpassing “Wonder Woman’s” $821.8 million global total.
While “Barbie” falls behind three movies co-directed by women — “Frozen” ($1.3 billion), “Frozen 2” ($1.45 billion), and “Captain Marvel” ($1.1 billion) — in terms of total global earnings, it has surpassed “Captain Marvel” domestically with $459.4 million, claiming the North American record for live-action films directed by women.
This weekend, new competition arrived in the form of the animated film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and the Jason Statham shark sequel, “Meg 2: The Trench,” both vying for second place alongside Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” also in its third weekend.
“Meg 2” managed to secure the second spot, despite negative reviews, earning $30 million from 3,503 locations. The Warner Bros. release, directed by Ben Wheatley, currently holds a 29% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a B- CinemaScore from audiences. The film was released in 3D, accounting for 22% of its first weekend earnings.
“Oppenheimer” claimed the third spot, earning $28.7 million from 3,612 locations in North America. The J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic, starring Cillian Murphy, has become the highest grossing R-rated film of the year in just three weeks, surpassing “John Wick Chapter 4,” and the sixth-highest grossing film of the year overall, surpassing “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”
“Oppenheimer” also achieved a significant milestone, crossing $500 million globally in three weeks. Its current worldwide total stands at $552.9 million, surpassing Nolan’s previous film “Dunkirk,” which earned $527 million in 2017 and now ranks as Nolan’s fifth highest-grossing movie. “Oppenheimer” is now among the top four highest grossing biographies ever, alongside “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Passion of the Christ,” and “American Sniper,” and the highest grossing World War II film of all time.
In fourth place, Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” earned an estimated $28 million from 3,858 theaters in North America. Since its Wednesday opening, the film has earned $43.1 million and has received positive reviews and audience scores.
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