"Barbie" makes history as film surpasses $1B in box office sales

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• Grimfelion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just saw it today with my daughter… great great movie. Definitely deserves the hype.

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• Sooperstition@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But is it Kenough?

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• xNIBx@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Go woke, go broke rich?

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  • neptune@dmv.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It turns outs “woke” doesn’t have a definition nor really a unifying theme, and that marketing a film to 50+% of the population can actually work.

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    • some_guy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve asked dozens of republicans and not one of them can answer the question: “what is woke?”

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  • LollerCorleone@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, Greta Gerwig just completely invalidated that right wing slogan.

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    • JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Nah, it’s been invalidated several times and yet they hopelessly cling to it as if it still meant something. And if some LGBTQ+ friendly film happens to bomb or at least not make that much profit, they will parrot it once again with further gusto.

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• seacocker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It could have done without the car chase Chevy ad, but I thought overall it was far above my expectations. Not surprised it’s doing well, the whole movie theatre were laughing out loud.

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  • GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is that the worst of it? Maybe I should see it… I mean I liked the first Michael Bay Transformers movie despite the ludicrous product placement.

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    • greensage@lib.lgbt ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s closer to the first Lego movie than Transformers. If that helps

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• pgetsos@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought it was pretty fun and enjoyable. My GF thought it was a bit boring though. Not for everyone surely, and I think it could have been better but still a solid 7/10 by me

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  • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just finished watching it maybe ~2 hours ago. I agree with the 7/10. There were parts that were boring (and imo cringey), but overall it was interesting. Nothing game breaking and could be better, but still a good watch.

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    • HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      6/10 for me, but yes, it's fun and gets uneven, with said cringey bits.

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• livus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Would like to see that gross adjusted for inflation. But either way, incredibly solid box office.

  Have to admit I kind of want to see it.

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is anyone surprised?

    Every time the was a movie that appealed a lot to women, it broke all box office records. Just look at Titanic.

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      As of last year, Gone With the Wind was still the highest grossing film ever made once we factor in inflation.

      And that's a melodrama with a female protagonist.

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  • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I plan to see it as soon as it comes out of cinemas 🚢🧲

    Thankfully haven’t seen any spoilers or memes yet, unlike with some of the Marvel franchise movies

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  • moobythegoldensock@geddit.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Adjusted for inflation it still made over $1B.

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  • some_guy@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well it’s not something I like so what arbitrary metric can I use to dismiss this accomplishment?

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    • livus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well it’s not something I like so what arbitrary metric can I use to dismiss this accomplishment?

      Ugh, there's that mean-spirited, "let's assume the worst about people" attitude I hoped we left at reddit.

      I'm a cinephile with an interest in film history and I want to know where the new film stands on this list.

      If it knocks out Gone With The Wind, that has real implications not just for cinema history, but as an indicator of the health of the movie theater industry.

      I also stated that I want to see the film, so assuming I'm trying to "dismiss" it isn't reasonable.

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  • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do it. Do it.

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• ricecooker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I read somewhere else that no one expected this movie to do so well. This and the Taylor Swift Eras tour is killing it!!

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• teydam@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  strange that two weeks ago the opening was like 150 mil a giant success, but maybe that just goes to predict or correlate with this number in some way. Giant opening means great buzz, means more sales. etc. guess it worked out. I need to watch it but probably will just do so at home.

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• small44@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Of course a film about the most popular plastic doll is going to make incredible revenues

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  • mysoulishome@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not why bro

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