Barbie has broken the US$1bn mark since its debut more than two weeks ago, with director Greta Gerwig breaking a record for female directors previously held by Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
Warner Bros Pictures announced on Sunday that the movie took in $459m from North American theatres and another $572.1m overseas over the weekend, for a total of $1.0315bn (A$1.56bn, £800m). The figure was confirmed by media analytics firm Comscore.
“As distribution chiefs, we’re not often rendered speechless by a film’s performance, but Barbillion has blown even our most optimistic predictions out of the water,” said Jeff Goldstein and Andrew Cripps, who oversee domestic and international distribution for the studio, in a joint statement.
《芭比娃娃》自上映两周多以来已突破 10 亿美元大关，导演格蕾塔·葛韦格打破了此前由《神奇女侠》导演帕蒂·詹金斯保持的女导演纪录。 华纳兄弟影业周日宣布，该片周末在北美院线票房收入 4.59 亿美元，在海外票房收入 5.721 亿美元，总票房达 10.315 亿美元。该数字得到了媒体分析公司 Comscore 的证实。负责该工作室国内和国际发行的杰夫·戈德斯坦和安德鲁·克里普斯在一份联合声明说道，“作为发行主管，我们并不经常因电影的表现而目瞪口呆，但10 亿《芭比娃娃》甚至超出我们最乐观的预测。”
