Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, “Barbie” continues to break records at the box office and is now the US film studio’s highest-grossing domestic release.
Director Greta Gerwig’s film, released July 21, has grossed $541 million as of Thursday, surpassing its predecessor, The Dark Knight. NumbersBox office data website.
The 2008 superhero film, directed by British-American director and screenwriter Christopher Nolan, previously brought the record-breaking $533 million, the site reported.
Globally, Barbie is closing in on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” as the highest-grossing Warner Bros. movie of all time, The Numbers reports. The 2011 release, which culminated in the original “Harry Potter” series, took in $1.3 billion worldwide, boosted by $934 million in box office sales outside the United States.
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