She’s A Barbie Girl… In A Billion Dollar Hit Film!
Barbie teaches us to ‘Be Your Self’
Just three weeks at the cinema and the estimated tickets sales globally have reached an astounding $1.03 billion. This makes Greta Gerwig the first solo female director with a billion-dollar movie. GO GRETA!
Have you seen it? Did you wear pink? Do you think its all hype? Did you like it? Did you learn anything about Life/Barbie/Ken/Shoes? So many questions to ask you when we think about the summer box office film hit ‘Barbie’!
Ticket sales mean that Greta Gerwig becomes only the third female director to make a $1 billion dollar film, (all three of which have taken place in the last 10 years). Jennifer Lee was the first, when she co-directed Frozen in 2013 with Chris Buck, and Anne Boden was the second, directing Captain Marvel (2019) with Ryan Fleck. Greta Gerwig is the first solo female director to make the list.
“I wanted to make something anarchic and wild and funny and cathartic,” said Gerwig to The New York Times a couple of days after Barbie opened in cinemas around the world. Musing over the thought that she added- “the idea that it’s actually being received that way, it’s sort of extraordinary.”
Which other films are in the billion dollar club?
According to an article written by Elizabeth Gregory in The Evening Standard the following films have all made over 1 Billion Dollars…
Avatar ($2.9 billion) 2009
Avengers: End Game ($2.8 billion) 2019
Avatar: The Way of Water ($2.3 billion) 2022
Titanic ($2.26 billion) 1997
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ($2.07 billion) 2015
Avengers: Infinity War ($2.05 billion) 2018
Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.92 billion) 2021
Jurassic World ($1.67 billion) 2015
The Lion King ($1.66 billion) 2019
The Avengers ($1.52 billion) 2012
In other toy doll based news, Newsround reported that Mattel have launched a gender neutral doll. Read about it here. If you have any thoughts about Barbie or gender neutral toys that you would like to share get in touch with us here at Zillo.