'Barbie' is set to finish Sunday with more than $700 million in worldwide ticket sales after a record week at the box office. 'Barbie' is now assured of joining the billion-dollar club, as well as becoming the top-grossing movie ever for a solo female director, not adjusted for inflation.
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00:00 - Humans only have one ending.
00:03 - Get that Barbie!
00:04 - Ideas live forever.
00:08 - Barbie is set to finish Sunday
00:09 with more than $700 million in worldwide ticket sales
00:13 after a record week at the box office.
00:15 The film, directed by Greta Gerwig,
00:17 served up the biggest week in history
00:19 for a Warner Brothers movie,
00:20 making $578.5 million globally.
00:24 Barbie is now assured of joining the Billion Dollar Club,
00:27 as well as becoming the top-grossing movie ever
00:29 for a solo female director not adjusted for inflation.
00:32 - Hi, Barbie!
00:34 - Hi, Ken!
00:35 - In North America, Barbie earned another $21.2 million
00:39 on Thursday for a domestic total of $258.2 million.
00:43 The movie will leap past $300 million
00:45 at the domestic box office on Friday.
00:48 ♪ I'm just Ken ♪
00:50 ♪ When I see the love she sees a friend ♪
00:53 - Plus, Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer
00:55 fueled the fifth biggest week of all time
00:57 at the domestic box office,
00:59 with revenue for all films clocking in
01:01 at an estimated $500 million.
01:03 According to Comscore, the four top-grossing weeks
01:05 were led by the likes of "Avengers Endgame,"
01:07 "Star Wars The Force Awakens,"
01:09 which holds spots number two and three on the list,
01:11 and "Avatar."
01:13 For more on this story and the latest box office news
01:15 and numbers, head to thr.com.
01:17 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:20 (upbeat music)
01:23 (air whooshing)