The Barbie movie's $1 billion box office success has broken several records, and there's one big first for WB that guarantees Barbie 2.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Barbie's $1 billion box office success is obviously very good, but it's made even better thanks to how it breaks a Warner Bros. movie trend dating back to 2008. Barbie had a lot of hype leading up to its release thanks to an impressive marketing campaign and the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon due to it releasing the same day as Oppenheimer.
Even then, though, Barbie's $1 billion box office success has smashed both expectations and records. It crossed $1 billion in just its third weekend, is the second highest-grossing movie of 2023 , and is even WB's second highest-grossing movie of all time . Even amid all of that, though, another record helps to make its box office more impressive, and will have a further impact on Barbie 2 being green lit.
Barbie Is WB's First $1 Billion Movie That's Not Part Of A Franchise As it stands, a total of eight Warner Bros. movies have made over $1 billion at the box office , starting with The Dark Knight back in 2008.
Barbie's $1 Billion Success Means It Will Absolutely Become A WB Franchise Although Barbie's ending doesn't scream sequel setup, and Barbie 2 hasn't yet been confirmed, it's all but certain that it will happen in some way. Whether Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie will return is to be seen, but there's no way WB and Mattel won't want to build on Barbie's box office success - and the franchise record only proves it.
WB's biggest box office successes are built on franchises - namely DC movies, Harry Potter/Wizarding World, and Lord of the Rings. The first of those is undergoing a major reboot and has had a string of box office disappointments; the same is true of the second, with Fantastic Beasts having failed and a TV remake in the works at Max; the third's immediate future is also on TV, although there are more movie plans too, but nothing too concrete in terms of live-action.
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