'Gran Turismo' Dethrones 'Barbie' at Weekend Box Office

Barbie‘s still big!

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film continues to smash box office records around the globe and has now taken another that was previously held by Marvel’s The Avengers.As per Variety, by the end of this weekend, the film will have grossed over $623million (£502million) at the domestic box office in the US, meaning it will have surpassed Marvel’s The Avengers. As noted on Screen Rant, this then makes Barbie the 11th highest grossing movie of all time in North America.Other achievements of the film include a global box office earning of more than $1billion (£807million).Mattel meanwhile expects Barbie to contribute over $125million (£100million) in gross billings to the company this year.Anthony DiSilvestro, chief financial officer at Mattel, shared the number during the Goldman Sachs media conference earlier this month (September 7).

Barbie star Margot Robbie has opened up about the inspiration behind Kate McKinnon’s Weird Barbie.McKinnon’s zanily dressed character was one of the many iterations of the doll seen in the Greta Gerwig satirical comedy, which recently became the highest-grossing film of 2023.In a new featurette for the film (via Entertainment Weekly), Robbie provided some background detail on the character, noting that she was partly inspired by David Bowie.“Greta described Weird Barbie in the script as a cross between David Bowie and a hairless cat,” she said. “It is so strangely accurate.”Gerwig added: “Weird Barbie is truly the Barbie you’d play with too much.

Barbie has been dethroned from the top of the UK and Ireland box office after six weeks.As reported by ScreenDaily, The Equalizer 3 starring Denzel Washington took the number one spot in its opening weekend (September 1-3), taking “just shy” of £2million.Barbie fell to second place with takings of £1.6million in its seventh weekend, a 16 per cent drop from the week prior. The film has grossed £92.6million in total in the UK, beating Avengers: Endgame (£88.7million) to become the seventh highest-grossing film of all time in the territory.Others in the top five for the weekend include Oppenheimer (£960,300), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (£619,000) and Sound Of Freedom (£589,456).Barbie had a longer run at the UK box office compared to the US, where DC superhero film Blue Beetle managed to dethrone the film at the top after four weeks.Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy recently became the highest-grossing movie of the year, beating The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Oppenheimer and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3.

Michaela Zee “The Equalizer 3” is still on track to earn the second-biggest Labor Day opening weekend in history with an estimated $42.3 million. While the holiday isn’t traditionally a box office draw, Denzel Washington’s assassin-thriller surpassed the previous Labor Day debut runner-up: Rob Zombie’s 2007 “Halloween” remake, which grossed $30 million through Monday. Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” still holds the Labor Day crown with a $94.6 million four-day opening in 2021.

Barbie is set to land on streaming services very soon.Directed by Greta Gerwig, the fantasy comedy starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling has become the highest-grossing film ever in Warner Bros. history. It’s also on track to beat The Super Mario Bros. Movie as the highest-grossing film of 2023 globally.While the film is largely defined by its two leads, it also boasts an impressive supporting cast, including America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Simu Liu and Will Ferrell.Barbie released on the same day (July 21) as Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, creating the “Barbenheimer” phenomena which boosted both film’s at the box office.Barbie is set to be released digitally in the US on Tuesday September 5.

The box office results are in and Sony’s racing movie “Gran Turismo” won the weekend over “Barbie”, after all.

Barbie has become the highest-grossing movie in Warner Bros. history.Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy passed the $1.342billion mark at the global box office on Monday (August 28), beating Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 to become the company’s highest-grossing film ever, not adjusted for inflation.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barbie is set to become only the 13th movie in history to cross the $600million mark at the US box office later this week.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The flick, which CNN said “moves, ironically, too slow to deliver as a big-screen attraction,” tells the true story of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage Gran Turismo player who became a professional race car driver. “Barbie,” which is now officially the highest-grossing movie of the year in North America, remained in second place, with $4 million in sales.She beat out “Blue Beetle,” which earned $2.6 million and landed in third place.The DC Comics film, which was in the No.

Margot Robbie had a failed audition for American Horror Story: Asylum, it’s been revealed.In an interview with Backstage, AHS casting director Eric Dawson said that Robbie’s audition for an unknown role — which many fans believe to be Lizzie Brochere’s Grace — is one of his favourite auditions ever.“Margot has a lot of ‘it’ factors. That’s the tough thing for casting directors who aren’t in the room [anymore] with actors,” said Dawson.“Margot is probably one of my favourite auditions of all time, and it was right before she broke out.

Not only can “Barbie” be anything, she can do anything too, so it seems.

J. Kim Murphy As “Barbie” hones in on becoming the highest-grossing release of the year at the domestic box office, Greta Gerwig’s hot pink comedy is about to get even bigger. Warner Bros.

As Barbie becomes the highest grossing film of 2023 today at the domestic box office with north of $574.2M, Warner Bros and Imax have announced that the Greta Gerwig-directed movie is getting a one week release on Sept. 22 in Imax both in North American and selection locations around the world.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Sony’s racing drama “Gran Turismo” is driving to a soft $10 million to $12 million in its first weekend of release. The film lands in 3,800 North American theaters on Friday and will compete with last weekend’s champion “Blue Beetle” for second place on domestic charts behind “Barbie.” Greta Gerwig’s box office behemoth is expected to return to the No. 1 spot in its sixth weekend of release, with projections of $12 million to $14 million between Friday and Sunday.

In the midst of a weekend with National Cinema Day, in addition to several previews, Sony’s feature take of PlayStation game, Gran Turismo, is bound to take No. 1 at the box office. This despite the fact that tracking has lowered its projections on the film down to $12M from $15M.

Barbie has been released featuring Ryan Gosling performing ‘I’m Just Ken’ – check out the clip below.In the video, unseen footage from filming on Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy is spliced between Gosling’s performance – charting the track’s translation to the screen.Along with Gosling’s co-stars Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa, the video features clips from the recording of ‘I’m Just Ken’, including writers Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt in the studio, and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash who plays on the song.Check out the behind-the-scenes footage below.Since it was released last month, Barbie has become the second highest-grossing movie of the year so far. It was only recently knocked off the US box office number one spot by Blue Beetle, after it spent four weeks at the top.Earlier this month, Barbie surpassed Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight to become the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.

The DC superhero film “Blue Beetle” led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning “Barbie” from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theatres coloured pink for a month.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The Post called the superhero movie — which stars Xolo Maridueña of “Cobra Kai” fame — “refreshingly spry.”The Ángel Manuel Soto-directed film is on track to rake in $25 to $27 million in North America this weekend alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.It has already made history by being the first live-action superhero film centered around a Latino protagonist.It managed to beat out “Barbie,” who reigned at the box office for the four Fridays since its opening on July 21. It landed in second place with $6.2 million in sales.The fantasy comedy will be available to stream at home on Sept.

Barbie movie.In an interview with Hollywood First Look, Gerwig revealed that the Wonka star visited the set of her film in London. The director said she wanted Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan to make cameos in the movie, but their schedules didn’t match up with the project.“I tried to get them both in it.

Barbie movie.In an interview with Hollywood First Look, Gerwig revealed that the Wonka star visited the set of her film in London. The director said she wanted Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan to make cameos in the movie, but their schedules didn’t match up with the project.“I tried to get them both in it.