"Barbie" Has Taken The Box Office By Storm — Here Are 14 Records The Movie Has Broken So Far

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Barbie is finally here (!!!!!!!!!!), and it's quickly becoming the biggest, most talked about, and most-loved movie of 2023.

Barbie standing in front of a frame that's supposed to be a mirror
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And in addition to the movie being regarded as one of the most accurate representations of girlhood (thanks to Greta Gerwig), it's also broken a TON of box office records — it's really a win-win all around.

cast of barbie with greta posing in the back of a truck wearing the same jumpsuits
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Here are all the records the movie has broken after just one week in the box office:

1.Barbie grossed over $162M during its first weekend, which is currently the biggest domestic opening weekend for a movie released in 2023.

the filming of barbie and ken roller blading

2.It's also the biggest opening weekend domestically for a female-directed film ever. It surpassed Captain Marvel (co-directed by Anna Boden) with $153.4M and Wonder Woman (directed by Patty Jenkins) with $103 million.

greta directing ryan gosling
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3.Barbie is the second highest-grossing movie for a female-directed film globally with $414.4M, just behind Captain Marvel with $456.6M.

greta laughing behind the scenes with margot and ryan
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4.This movie marks the biggest weekend for Greta Gerwig as a director and has already surpassed the domestic grosses for her previous films Little Women ($108.1M) and Lady Bird ($49M).

barbie and ken singing in the car
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5.It's the largest domestic gross for any of Margot Robbie's movies, surpassing Suicide Squad with $133.7M.

barbie in her convertible
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6.It's also the largest domestic gross for any of Ryan Gosling's movies surpassing Blade Runner 2049 with $32.8M.

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7.It also gained the most advance ticket sales for a Warner Bros. movie ever with $49.5M.

barbies dancing
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8.It's also marked the largest pre‐shows of 2023 YTD beating the $17.5M each made by Ant‐Man & the Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

greta behind the scenes with the cast looking at a laptop screen
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9.It earned the title of Largest Grossing Day of 2023 YTD, $70.8M, beating out The Super Mario Bros Movie‘s $54.8M.

barbie standing on her dreamhouse and waving to barbie land
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10.It's currently the largest non‐sequel, non‐remake film released in July, a record previously held by The Secret Life Of Pets which made $104.4M in 2016.

barbie standing in the middle of two kens
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11.It's Warner Bros. largest opening that's a non-sequel or non-DC franchise movie, previously It held the record with $123.4M.

barbie showing her flat foot to the other shocked barbies
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12.It's currently the largest opening weekend for a movie based on a toy, beating out Transformers: Dark of the Moon with $115.9M.

closeup of barbie and ken
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13.It holds the largest Monday box office in Warner Bros. history with $26.1M, beating Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.

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14.And with less than a week in theaters, Barbie has surpassed the lifetime gross for several female-directed films like Ocean’s 8 ($297.7M), Bird of Prey ($205.3M), and Little Women ($218.8M).

behind the scenes of filming barbie and ken in the convertible
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So, did you see Barbie in theaters? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!

And, come hang out with everyone else who is screaming, crying, and throwing up about Barbie in BuzzFeed’s iOS app. Heck, even Allan is there.

One person commented, "Ryan Gosling as Ken could run me over with Barbie's car and I would thank him"
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