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Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Struts to Record $26.1M Monday for Warner Bros. (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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Greta Gerwig's movie will race pass the $200 million mark at the domestic box office Tuesday, while Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' will clear $100 million.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Let's be honest anything with Margot Robbie is going to be popular. While the idea of a Barbie movie doesn't really appeal to me when I get the chance I'm going to watch it just because Margot is a damn goddess.

Not trying to take anything away from her acting she's damn good but her looks definitely give her a few steps up as well.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For me it's a combo. It's Greta Girwig directing. It's Margot Robbie it's Ryan Gosling. It's the campy nonserious vibe of the trailer and the marketing, and it's because my girlfriend wants to see it. All that adds up and I'm very curious about this film.

Edit: Straight up the marketing is wild as well. I don't know if this is common, but I went on a road trip the other day and stopped by a casino in New Mexico and there was Barbie stuff all over the place. A Barbie game, a Barbie photo booth, a Barbie stage, Barbie competitions. Is this common? Do films normally market like this in casinos? It felt kind of surreal

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think when a studio invests as much as they have in a household name product with mass appeal, they do this kind of marketing. I’m not saying this with any sources or anything to back up, but thinking of how Star Wars and other similar titles will market their brand on anything and everything (including literal tangerines with star wars branding), I think this is the norm for something of this caliber and potential.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Babylon bombed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes Babylon was (very) overlong and downbeat. Interesting her performance in Babylon, Barbie and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood were a similar masterclass in charm, beauty with naivete and tinged with sadness. I don't consider myself a fan, but when she's good she's incredible :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sigh.

Somebody really needs to get a better agent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

She couldn't save Suicide Squad either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Might be true but I still watched because Margot.