Barbie just had the best box office opening day of 2023

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie's take on plastic perfection just smashed the previous record held by Across The Spider-Verse

still has a long way to go if it wants to unseat the actual champion of the 2023 box office,across the Easter holiday—and, unlike almost every other major American blockbuster this year, it had atake in foreign markets.

, is staying power: It’s on track for a very good opening weekend, and reviews in general have been overall positive. People seemabout it in a way that most of the big releases this year haven’t generated. But does it have the Ken-ergy to go the distance? Only time will tell.

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