"Barbie'' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theatres, Barbie is set to sail past USD 1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed Wonder Woman. Barbie, which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another USD 53 million from 4,178 North American locations this weekend according to studio estimates on Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film has been comfortably seated in first place for three weeks and it's hardly finished yet. Warner Bros. said the film will cross USD 1 billion before the end of the day. In modern box office history, just 53 movies have made over USD 1 billion, not accounting for inflation, and Barbie is now the biggest to be directed by one woman, supplanting Wonder Woman's USD 821.8 million global total. Three movies that were co-directed by women are still ahead of Barbie, including Frozen (USD 1.3 billion) and Frozen 2 (USD 1.45 billion) bo

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