Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy “Barbie” has crossed $537.5 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero epic “The Dark Knight” ($536 million) as the highest-grossing domestic release in Warner Bros.
history.And the box office records aren’t expected to stop anytime soon.
In the coming days, “Barbie” will surpass Universal’s animated “The Super Mario Bros.
Movie” ($574 million) as the biggest domestic release of 2023.
At this rate, “Barbie,” which just hit $1.2 billion globally, also has a shot of eclipsing “Mario” ($1.35 billion) as the highest-grossing worldwide release of the year.It’s been a wild run for “Barbie,” which has remained the No.
1 movie for four consecutive weekends.
After 17 days in theaters, it became the fastest Warner Bros.
film (and eighth in the studio’s 100-year history) to join the $1 billion club.
It could also outpace 2011’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” ($1.34 billion) as the…
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