Barbie: Margot Robbie & Greta Gerwig's Fantasy Drama Creates HISTORY For Women Directors. Here's How!

Barbie: In a groundbreaking achievement for women directors, the global ticket sales for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starrer Barbie have skyrocketed to an impressive $1 billion. Helmed by Greta Gerwig, the fantasy film accomplished this remarkable feat in a mere 17 days since its initial release.

The Hollywood hit film's worldwide ticket sales have crossed the $1 billion mark, toppling the previous record held by Patty Jenkins, known for Wonder Woman. Directed and co-written by Grewig, Barbie over the weekend amassed an additional $53 million from 4,178 screening locations across North America, coupled with a noteworthy $74 million from international markets.

These figures have propelled the movie's global earnings to an astonishing $1.03 billion. Holding an unwavering grip on the top spot at the box office for three consecutive weeks, Barbie made the $400 million mark in domestic earnings in the US, while also achieving an exceptional $500 million internationally, which is faster than any movie produced at the studio, including the Harry Potter films.

"As distribution chiefs, we're not often rendered speechless by a film's performance, but Barbillion has blown even our most optimistic predictions out of the water," said Jeff Goldstein and Andrew Cripps, who oversee domestic and international distribution for the studio, in a joint statement.

Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's Fantasy Drama Barbie Creates History for Women Directors

Barbie has become the biggest movie to be directed by a solo woman, overthrowing Wonder Woman's $821.8 million global collection. Only 53 films have attained this remarkable milestone of surpassing $1 billion in revenue.

Notably, three movies co-directed by women remain ahead of Barbie, including Frozen ($1.3 billion) and its sequel, Frozen 2 ($1.45 billion), both co-directed by Jennifer Lee, along with Captain Marvel ($1.1 billion), helmed by Anna Boden.

However, Barbie has triumphed over Captain Marvel in the US, securing an outstanding $459.4 million compared to the latter's $426.8 million. This achievement solidifies Barbie's position as the North American record-holder for live-action films directed by women.

Warner Bros. co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy also lauded Gerwig in a statement, saying that the breakthrough was possible because of her brilliance and steadfast dedication.

Accomplishing this is even more staggering, as a mere five films after the pandemic achieved this feat, including The Super Mario Brothers Movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World Dominion, and the Avatar sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water.

It remains to be seen what record Barbie breaks in the coming weeks.