Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling fantasy comedy-drama film ‘Barbie’ has now crossed $1-billion globally in just its third weekend.
Taking to Instagram, the makers announced the news with a special post which they captioned, “Here’s to our incredible Barbies and Kens from all around the world for making our Barbie dreams come true. We’re excited to share that #BarbieTheMovie has hit $1-billion at the Global Box Office.”
According to Variety, a US-based media house, this makes director Greta Gerwig the first-ever solo female filmmaker with a billion-dollar film.
Three other billion-dollar blockbusters were co-directed by women, including ‘Frozen’ and ‘Frozen 2’ ($1.45-billion) both co-directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, as well as ‘Captain Marvel’ ($1.1-billion), co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, as per Variety.
‘Barbie’ hit the milestone just after 17 days of its release, becoming the fastest Warner Bros. release) to join the $1-billion club.
