- Title: Warner Bros movie 'Barbie' ticket sales top $1 billion
- Date: 7th August 2023
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JULY 20, 2023) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** "BARBIE" LOGO ON SCREEN/FANS WAITING IN LINE FOR REFRESHMENTS AT MOVIE THEATER AHEAD OF EARLY SCREENING OF "BARBIE" VARIOUS OF FANS, INCLUDING SOME DRESSED IN "BARBIE" COSTUMES AND IN PINK, WAITING IN LINE AT THE MOVIE THEATER LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 12, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ACTOR RYAN GOSLING (SCREEN LEFT) AND ACTOR AND PRODUCER MARGOT ROBBIE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE "BARBIE" EUROPEAN PREMIERE IN LONDON ROBBIE AND GOSLING POSING FOR PHOTOS AND LEAVING VARIOUS OF DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER GRETA GERWIG POSING FOR PHOTOS
- Embargoed: 21st August 2023 09:47
- Keywords: 1 billion Barbie Greta Gerwig Margot Robbie Ryan Gosling Warner Bros box office tickets
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- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA001280907082023RP1
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- Story Text: The blockbuster film "Barbie" has topped $1 billion in box office ticket sales worldwide since its July 21 debut, Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery WBD.O, announced on Sunday (August 6).
In a statement, Warner Bros. said the fantasy-comedy movie has taken in $459 million from domestic theaters - counting the United States and Canada - and another $572.1 million overseas since it hit theaters, for a total of $1.0315 billion. The figure was confirmed by media analytics firm Comscore.
Oscar-nominated "Barbie" writer and director Greta Gerwig also became the first female filmmaker to surpass the billion-dollar benchmark as a solo director, Warner Bros. said.
This was the third weekend in theaters for "Barbie." The film drew $127 million worldwide this weekend - Friday (August 4) through Sunday - with $53 million in domestic receipts and another $74 million overseas, according to Comscore.
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