Barbie beats The Dark Knight, another Christopher Nolan film, to be No.1 domestic film of Warner Bros.

It’s not just Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has beaten from Day 1 at the US box office (with both films having released on July 21, 2023).

The satire on the Barbie doll and patriarchy has now surpassed another Nolan film, The Dark Knight (2008), at the domestic box office in the US to become the No.1 Warner Bros. production.

Barbie has collected over $537.5 million at the domestic box office by its fourth week, with The Dark Knight’s figures standing at $536 million.


As it crosses into its fifth week, the Barbie movie would have surpassed Universal Pictures’ 2023 release, The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The animation film based on the video game crossed $574 million to be the biggest domestic release of 2023 in the US.

Barbie has already crossed a whopping $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, and at this rate, will beat Mario – with its $1.35 billion – worldwide, too, as the highest-grosser of 2023.

Barbie has broken several records. In its first 17 days in theaters, it took the title of the fastest Warner Bros. film and the eighth film in Warner Bros. 100-year existence as an entrant to the $1 billion club.

In fact, Barbie could even go on to beat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which made Warner Bros. a neat $1.34 billion back then 2011, and stands as the film studio’s highest-grossing worldwide release of all time.
Barbie had the biggest opening of 2023, with $162 million, where it beat The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which got a $146 million opening.

Barbie also broke the record of the biggest-ever opening for a film by a woman director, besting Captain Marvel (2019), directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, at $153 million.

FAQs

How much did Barbie collect at the box office?
After a month of its release on July 21, 2023, the Barbie movie had already crossed collections of more than $500 million at the worldwide box office. The Margot Robbie film was No.1 throughout July and August 2023.

How much will Margot Robbie earn as a Barbie producer?
Margot Robbie, the lead star and also the producer of Barbie, is slated to make $50 million with the film. This amount includes her salary and the box office bonuses.