Greta Gerwig's recent outing Barbie, starring Margot Robbie as the eponymous character, has crossed $900 million at the global box office within two weeks of the film's theatrical release. The film is heading to touch the billion benchmark, making it an enormous box office success of the year. Barbie's colossal collection has brought Greta top of the list of female filmmakers who delivered the biggest box office successes.
The film, which is doing well in several countries, including UK, Brazil, Australia, and China, was released in theatres on July 21 alongside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
Barbie is inspired by the Mattel doll of the same and follows the stereotypical Barbie living in the Barbieland that is matriarchal. As she visits the real world following an existential crisis, she is horrified by the patriarchy present among humans. The film stars Ryan Gosling as Ken.
The film features an ensemble cast, including Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, Will Ferrell, Dua Lipa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Connor Swindells, Ariana Greenblatt, Emerald Fennell, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Ana Cruz Kaye, and Jamie Demetriou.
Greta co-wrote the film along with Noah Baumbach. The music for Barbie is composed by Alexandre Desplat, who earlier collaborated with the director in the 2019 film Little Women.
