Even Though "Barbie" Was Shown In Theaters At The Same Time As Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," It Made More Money Worldwide.
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00:00 Margaret Robbie is having a great time because her movie Barbie is a big hit.
00:05 It's interesting that Margaret and her husband Tom are some of the people producing the movie.
00:11 According to the reports, Margaret is set to make around $50 million from a deal that
00:16 includes her pay and bonuses based on the movie's box office success.
00:20 The movie Barbie has earned more than $1 billion from cinemas around the world.
00:25 In the United States, it earned $526.3 million and internationally it made $657.6 million.
00:34 The money it makes will probably go up as more people watch it.
00:38 Even though Barbie was shown in theatres at the same time as Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer,
00:43 it made more money worldwide.
00:45 The movie also broke few records.
00:46 Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie, is now the woman director with the most money earned
00:52 from a live-action movie all around the world.
00:55 Barbie is the second-highest-earning movie from Warner Bros., only behind Harry Potter
00:59 and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 from 2011.
01:04 Margaret helped make the movie using her company, Lucky Chap Entertainment, which she started
01:09 with Tom, her friend Jose, and Sofia in 2014.
01:14 What's interesting is that Margaret wanted Gal Gadot to be the main actress in the movie,
01:18 but the director, Gerwig, convinced Margaret to play the part herself.
01:24 Margaret told Leading Daily in May, "I never thought about playing Barbie until a year
01:28 after we started working on the project."
01:31 Both Barbie and Oppenheimer were released on July 21 in India and the United States.
01:37 Fans started a trend called "Barbenheimer" where they talked about both movies together.
01:42 This helped both movies became very successful.
01:44 "I think it's a good thing that we're getting more and more people to know about Barbie,
01:51 because we're getting more and more people to know about Barbie."
01:52 "I think it's a good thing that we're getting more and more people to know about Barbie,
01:53 because we're getting more and more people to know about Barbie."