On Tuesday Barbie officially became the largest domestic grossing movie in 100 years of Warner Bros. history. An additional $6.1M on Tuesday brings the current domestic total for director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie to $537.3M, surpassing the previous record of $536M set back in 2008. The previous record holder was none other than Christopher Nolan, who set the Warner Bros. record 15 years ago with The Dark Knight.
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In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle, Shawn Robbins, and Chad Kennerk discuss Q2 earnings call, Barbie still sitting in the number one spot, and August release list. In our feature segment, Daniel shares his interviews on the success of Angel Studio’s Sound of Freedom becoming the biggest summer surprise hit of 2023.
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Episode Resources:
- B&B Theatres
- Weekend Box Office: BARBIE Reaches $1B Global; MEG 2: THE TRENCH Chomps Second Place, TMNT MUTANT MAYHEM Finishes Fourth
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:07 B&B Theatres breaks box office records
- 03:28 Q2 earnings call update
- 06:01 Weekend box office numbers
- 11:11 August film releases and forecast
- 16:18 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One box office performance
- 18:43 Angel Studio’s Sound of Freedom
- 25:22 The power of word of mouth
- 29:37 Risky and bold release date
- 32:09 Campaign put together to support the film
- 34:00 The Pay It Forward scheme
- 37:37 Pay It Forward implementation
- 40:14 Partnerships and community support
- 43:01 How to deal with problematic patrons
Now in its fourth frame, domestically Barbie is the first film to spend four consecutive weekend frames at #1 since April’s The Super Mario Bros. Barbie previously earned the #20 domestic opening weekend of all time ($162M), the #7 sophomore weekend of all time ($93M), the #11 third weekend of all time ($53M), and the #9 fourth weekend of all time ($33.7M). With a $537.3M total, Barbie now ranks as the #16 biggest movie of all time, behind the previously mentioned The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($574.2M) and 2019’s The Lion King ($543.6M). Globally, Barbie has surpassed the billion-dollar mark. When Margot Robbie originally pitched her vision of a subversive Barbie adaptation, she joked that it would “make a billion dollars.”
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