Greta Gerwig is set to become the first female director with $1 billion at the box office
Only 53 films have ever reached the $1 billion mark at the box office. And ‘Barbie’ is about to join them.
Barbie has been crushing it at the box office, and the momentum hasn’t slowed down. Now, Greta Gerwig is on track to become the first female filmmaker to break the billion-dollar barrier, likely this weekend—just in time for her 40th birthday.Thanks to an epic marketing push by Warner Brothers, the film has already broken records. Not only did it see the biggest domestic opening for a non-superhero film or sequel since the pandemic, but it also saw the biggest opening weekend ever for a female-directed film. Barbie made $356.3 million over that first weekend, as attendees in their pink trousers and tees sold out theaters.
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