'It's the first film soley directed by a woman to ever cross $1 billion in global box office sales.'
But is it Kenough?
"Barbie" makes history as film surpasses $1B in box office sales
Submitted 10 months ago by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to moviesandtv@lemmy.film
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/07/barbie-makes-history-as-film-surpasses-1b-in-box-office-sales
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Sooperstition@lemmy.one 10 months ago
xNIBx@kbin.social 10 months ago
Go woke, go
brokerich?neptune@dmv.social 10 months 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.
some_guy@kbin.social 10 months ago
I’ve asked dozens of republicans and not one of them can answer the question: “what is woke?”
LollerCorleone@kbin.social 10 months ago
Yeah, Greta Gerwig just completely invalidated that right wing slogan.
JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world 10 months 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.
seacocker@lemmy.world 10 months 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.
GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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.
greensage@lib.lgbt 10 months ago
It’s closer to the first Lego movie than Transformers. If that helps
pgetsos@kbin.social 10 months 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
CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 months 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.
HidingCat@kbin.social 10 months ago
6/10 for me, but yes, it's fun and gets uneven, with said cringey bits.
livus@kbin.social 10 months 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.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 10 months 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.
livus@kbin.social 10 months 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.
lemann@lemmy.one 10 months 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
moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 10 months ago
Adjusted for inflation it still made over $1B.
some_guy@kbin.social 10 months ago
Well it’s not something I like so what arbitrary metric can I use to dismiss this accomplishment?
livus@kbin.social 10 months 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.
MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do it. Do it.
ricecooker@lemmy.world 10 months 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!!
teydam@kbin.social 10 months 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.
small44@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Of course a film about the most popular plastic doll is going to make incredible revenues
mysoulishome@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s not why bro
Grimfelion@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Just saw it today with my daughter… great great movie. Definitely deserves the hype.