Tag: Mattel
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‘Barbie’ Will Be Available to Own or Rent on Digital Next Week
“Barbie,” the summer blockbuster that became 2023’s top-grossing domestic release, will be available on premium digital ownership and rental on Sept. 12, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday.The film will be available for early Premium Digital Ownership at home for $29.99 and 48-hour rental via PVOD for $24.99 on participating digital platforms including Amazon’s Prime Video,…
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Can Barbie Beat Mario As The Biggest Movie Of The Year At The Box Office?
It was another absolutely gigantic weekend for “Barbie.” The Warner Bros. adaptation of Mattel’s enduring doll directed by Greta Gerwig topped the box office for a third straight weekend, adding another $53 million domestically to its ever-growing total. That was enough to help Barbie and Ken join the coveted $1 billion club, becoming the 53rd…
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5 Reasons Barbenheimer Was A Bombshell Box Office Success
Without putting too fine a point on it, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” made history at the box office this past weekend. Warner Bros. bet big on director Greta Gerwig with her adaptation of Mattel’s beloved doll, while Universal went all-in on Christopher Nolan and his take on the man who gave us the A-bomb. Much was…
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Barbie Has Been Waiting Decades for Her Meryl Streep Moment
Have you Od’d on all the media attention for WB’s July 21 launch of “Barbie”? It’s understandable, but you have to cut her some slack: Mattel and Barbie have been waiting decades for this moment.Years ago, Universal homevideo exec Glenn Ross told Variety that U and Mattel had been thinking about films as far back…
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Ashley Graham Wanted Her Barbie to Have ‘Thick Thighs, Lower Belly Fat, Round Arms, Cellulite’
Ashley Graham is looking back at her life as a Barbie doll. No, the supermodel isn’t in Greta Gerwig’s new “Barbie” movie, but Mattel made a doll in her likeness in 2016.“The first things that came to mind were thick thighs, lower belly fat, round arms [and] cellulite,” Graham recalls requesting of the toy company…