Barbie this weekend becomes the first movie directed solely by a female director to reach the $1 Billion club.
Honory mention has to go to Frozen and Frozen II director Jennifer Lee who was the co-director on both movies which made $1.2 Billion and she is now the Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Despite this Barbie got knocked off the top spot on the global box office this weekend by Meg 2: The Trench which took over $140 Million on its debut.
Global Box Office QuickView
Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th August 2023
Meg 2: The Trench
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
- The movie is release in 76 Countries globally this weekend
- It has a total gross of $142,000,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is a sequel to The Meg which took $146,960,543 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.
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Barbie
- The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $127,000,000 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $1,031,481,413 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 70 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
Oppenheimer
- The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $81,516,000 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $552,943,620 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 79 Countries globally this weekend
- The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
- The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $51,573,468 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $51,573,468 over 1 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 25 Countries globally this weekend
Creation of the Gods Part 1
- The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
- It grosses $38,098,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $229,921,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
- The movie is release in 1 Country globally this weekend
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