Uh-oh.
It’s time to be that guy again.“Barbie” has just become, based on dollar totals amassed from domestic theaters, the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.
history.
It’s a phenomenal achievement, and one especially notable because, unlike a lot of other claims about the impact and scope of Greta Gerwig’s huge hit, it can be stated without qualifying it by gender.And that makes it tougher than normal to make the very important point that this recently announced record is a) not based on actual audience attendance or b) any consideration for figuring out what vastly different dollar values mean (i.e.
the enduring adjusted vs.
unadjusted grosses debate).
But it still needs to be made.Before that, let’s focus on the positive.
Through August 15, less than four full weeks into its run, the U.S./Canada gross for Gerwig’s film has reached $537 million.
That…
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