This Barbie Just Passed Frozen At The Box Office To Enter The Top 20 Highest Grossing Movies Ever

The question that continues to linger at this point in the film’s run is just how high “Barbie” can climb. It is already the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman, overtaking “Captain Marvel” ($1.13 billion), which was co-directed by Anna Boden. The next big thing will be overtaking “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” both domestically and worldwide to become the highest-grossing movie of 2023 overall. As it stands, “Mario” earned $1.356 billion, $574.2 million of which came from domestic ticket sales. “Barbie” should beat that total on Thursday.

Odds are, even with the movie set to arrive on VOD in early September, that “Barbie” has enough gas in the tank to get to at least $1.357 billion to become the biggest movie of 2023. By that point, it will also be the 15th biggest movie of all time, just below “Avengers: Age of Ultron” ($1.395 billion). That is absolutely amazing company to be in. Even with a $145 million production budget, which was an admittedly risky amount for an unproven theatrical franchise, Warner Bros. and Mattel are going to make a boatload of cash on this one. Once the strikes are over, expect a sequel to be announced.

“Barbie” is in theaters now and is set to arrive on VOD on September 5, 2023.