LOS ANGELES, California – Australian actress Margot Robbie will earn nearly $50 million in salary and her share of the box office for “Barbie,” this summer’s big hit on the big screen, according to magazine sources. specialized Variety.
Apart from playing Barbie, Robbie has been a producer of the film with her company, LuckyChap Entertainment, with which she has also developed projects such as “Birds of Prey” (2020), “Promising Young Woman” (2020) and the Netflix series Maid.
The actress founded the production company in 2014 with her husband Tom Ackerley, and their friends Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, with the aim of promoting women’s stories and supporting female creators.
“Barbie” has become a summer phenomenon, grossing more than $1.2 billion worldwide, making its director and co-writer, Greta Gerwig, the first woman to direct a solo film to surpass the barrier of 1,000 million dollars.
In fact, Variety indicated that Gerwig may receive some extra payment for these numbers.
According to the specialized website IMDb, the film’s budget was around 100 million dollars.
The film that tells the existential crisis that the popular Mattel plastic doll is going through has also become the second highest grossing domestic opening in the history of Warner Bros., after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” (2011).
