Greta Gerwig blessed movie theaters in the summer of 2023 with Barbie in all its sarcastic, pink glory. Theaters were filled with crowds who were decked out in Barbiecore attire, which helped the blockbuster make $162,022,044 in its opening weekend alone. Impressively, this would only be a quarter of its top gross. Barbie is now the top grossing movie of 2023, as well as the top grossing movie directed by a woman, with $1,439,839,695 in worldwide box office totals.
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