The movie “Barbie”, produced by “Warner Brothers”, became the first work directed by a woman whose global revenues exceeded one billion dollars, according to estimates by the specialized “Experience Relationships” group, last Sunday, with its topping the box office in North America for the third week in a row.
This movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, managed to make history; Not only because it exceeded $1 billion in global revenue, but also because it was the fastest to achieve this in the history of Warner Bros., according to group officials.
The film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, grossed $53 million during the weekend from Friday to Sunday, bringing its total domestic revenue since its launch in theaters to $459 million, and international revenue to $1.03 billion, according to Agence France-Presse. ».
And the movie “Meg 2: The Trench”, produced by “Warner Brothers”, also came in second place, which is the new part of Jason Statham’s adventure, in which he tries to survive giant prehistoric shark attacks, achieving $ 30 million in weekend.
As for the movie “Oppenheimer”, starring Cillian Murphy, produced by “Universal”, and directed by Christopher Nolan, it fell to third place, with revenues of $ 28.7 million.
The three-hour film deals with the main stations in the life of physicist Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), who invented the atomic bomb.
And in fourth place came the movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”, which is the latest work in the “Ninja Turtles” series of films. The animated film, produced by Paramount, took in $28 million.
The movie “Haunted Mansion”, produced by “Disney”, fell to fifth place, and it tells the adventure of a woman and her son; To find out if their new home in the southern United States is haunted. Over the weekend, the film grossed $8.9 million
