“Barbie,” which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another $53 million from 4,178 theaters in the United States and Canada this weekend, according to studio estimates released Sunday. The film starring and produced by Margot Robbie has been at the top of the box office for three weeks and is unlikely to leave. Warner Bros. indicated that the film will cross the $1 billion mark before the end of the day.
In modern box office history, just 53 movies have grossed more than $1 billion, not counting inflation, and “Barbie” is now the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, topping $821.8 million. internationally for “Wonder Woman.”
Three films co-directed by women follow above “Barbie”, such as “Frozen” (with 1.3 billion dollars) and “Frozen 2” (with 1.45 billion dollars), both co-directed by Jennifer Lee, and is also “Captain Marvel” ($1.1 billion), co-directed by Anna Boden. But “Barbie” has surpassed “Captain Marvel” at the national level with 459.4 million dollars, compared to 426.8 million for the superhero film, thus achieving the North American record for action films with real actors and directed by women.
There were new competitors this weekend after the premieres of the animated film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and Jason Statham’s shark sequel “Meg 2: The Trench.” Both films battled for second place at the box office, beating Christopher Nolan’s “Opphenheimer,” which is also in its third weekend in theaters.
Third place went to “Oppenheimer,” which added $28.7 million from 3,612 theaters in the United States and Canada, raising its domestic total to $228.6 million.
Below are estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at theaters in the United States and Canada, according to Comscore:
“Barbie”, 53 million dollars.
“Meg 2: The Trench”, 30 million.
“Oppenheimer”, 28.7 million.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”, 28 million.
“Haunted Mansion”, 9 million.
“Sound of Freedom”, 7 million.
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part I,” $6.5 million.
“Talk to Me”, 6.3 million.
“Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani”, 1.5 million.
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, 1.5 million.
FOUNTAIN: Associated Press
