Greta Gerwig's summer blockbuster 'Barbie' has reached yet another milestone! The film surpassed 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' to become the top-grossing title of 2023 at the domestic box office with a total of $575.4 million.
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00:00 There's no stopping Barbie.
00:01 Greta Gerwig's summer blockbuster
00:03 has reached yet another milestone.
00:05 On Wednesday, the film surpassed
00:08 the Super Mario Brothers movie
00:10 to become the top grossing title of 2023
00:13 at the domestic box office,
00:14 with a total of $575.4 million.
00:18 However, the Universal and Illumination family film
00:21 remains the top earner of the year globally,
00:24 with a worldwide total of 1.36 billion.
00:27 - Our big adventure begins now!
00:29 - Ah, get it off, get it off, get it off!
00:32 - But Barbie isn't far behind
00:34 and expected to overtake Super Mario Brothers
00:37 no later than the first week of September.
00:39 Once it reaches that milestone,
00:41 Barbie, starring Margot Robbie as the iconic doll,
00:43 will strut past Frozen 2
00:45 as the top grossing movie of all time,
00:48 live action or animated from a female director.
00:51 The Barbie run has been filled with history-making moments.
00:54 Gerwig has already become
00:55 the highest grossing female director of all time
00:58 at the domestic box office,
00:59 and Barbie became the first live action film in history
01:03 that was directed by a woman solo
01:05 to join the global billion dollar club.
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01:15 (whooshing)