“Barbie” is the biggest debut for a female director in America

Picture “Barbie”, from Warner Bros., was the highest-grossing film directed by a woman in history at a premiere. Director Greta Gerwig’s audiovisual production, which opened on Friday (July 21, 2023), collected US$155 million in its first week of exhibition in the US and Canada.

Barbie begins production in 2021. Gerwig started out as a screenwriter and became the director of the project. In the feature, Barbie, played by Margot Robbie, has to step out of a role “Barbieland” To resolve an existential crisis with her boyfriend Ken (Ryan Gosling).

The US$ 145 million (approx. R$ 690 million) production has already covered the cost of the features, with the amount collected during the weekend of the domestic premiere. On the opening day “Barbie”, the film had already paid 48.8% in the US and Canada. It grossed US$70.8 million. The data is available on the website Box Office Mojo.

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