The two seemingly unstoppable phenoms of summer 2023 are each setting new milestones this weekend as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie through Friday has become the No.1 film of the year globally, overtaking The Super Mario Bros Movie with $1.365B.
In the same breath, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer this frame is continuing its incredible run with the Universal title set to pass $850M globally through Sunday.
This will see it surpass the filmmaker’s 2010 Inception as his 3rd highest-grossing title ever worldwide. From Warner Bros, Barbie is playing in 75 overseas markets and through Friday has grossed $763.4M at the international box office.
The living doll’s Top 5 offshore plays through yesterday are the UK ($117.8M), Australia ($54.1M), Mexico ($54.1M), Germany ($53.8M) and France ($46M).
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