Ben Shapiro ridiculed for his very wrong ‘Barbie’ box office prediction

nme.com:

Barbie box office prediction, after the film crossed the $1billion mark.The conservative political commentator, who posted a review of Greta Gerwig’s film on his YouTube channel last month, predicted the movie would “absolutely fall off a cliff” following its first week of release.“Week one this thing is going to clean up at the domestic box office,” Shapiro said in his review. “My prediction: it’s going to just absolutely fall off a cliff after that.“The repeat business on this movie is going to be non-existent because it was written by two people who are so smug and self-satisfied in Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, that they have no audience.”Last week, Barbie crossed the $1billion mark at the worldwide box office, becoming the first film solely directed by a woman to hit the milestone.

At the time of writing (August 9), Barbie is the second highest-grossing movie of 2023 behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie.Some have since reshared Shapiro’s prediction following the film’s continued box office success.

On Twitter, one user wrote: “Contender for worst prediction of the year, courtesy of @benshapiro.”You can check out more reactions below..@BenShapiro: “My prediction: [Barbie] is just absolutely going to fall off a cliff after [week one].

The repeat business on this movie is going to be nonexistent.” https://t.co/9GOYC60qjT pic.twitter.com/ofn1HvleHS— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) August 6, 2023ben shapiro seeing the barbie box office records pic.twitter.com/ShXuiCwadi— dom nero (@dominicknero) August 8, 2023Contender for worst prediction of the year, courtesy of @benshapiro.