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America becomes Barbieland as Barbie topples Mario to become highest-grossing 2023 domestic release

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Welcome to the United States of Barbie as the Greta Gerwig-directed film continues its box office domination. At the time of writing, Barbie is now the highest-grossing 2023 movie at the domestic box office, overtaking The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its impressive haul. After Wednesday, 8/23/23, Barbie will sit at around $574.2M, overtaking Illumination […]

Barbie overthrows The Dark Knight to become Warner Bros’ highest grossing domestic release of all time

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Barbie now has a crown to add to her collection as she sits atop the domestic box office thrown at Warner Bros. During this past week, the Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster became the highest-grossing Warner Bros. movie in the studio’s 100-year history at the domestic box office. With a whopping $537.4M, Barbie has the unseating previous […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou Meehan, Sophia […]

Movie Review – Asteroid City (2023)

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Asteroid City, 2023. Written and Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Tony Revolori, Grace Edwards, Aristou […]

Barbie is a billion dollar doll as Greta Gerwig film joins “The Billion Dollar Club”

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Barbie is about to throw another super fun dance party to celebrate becoming a billion dollar film. The Greta Gerwig-directed film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has passed the billion dollar mark at the global box office this past weekend. In its third week of release, Barbie reached $460.4 million in North America and […]

Let’s Go Party! Barbie dances to a record-breaking $155 million opening weekend

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It looks like everyone was seeing pink this weekend. Barbie just strutted to one of the biggest opening weekends ever, with a reported wildly impressive $155 million. That puts the Warner Bros. Discovery and Mattell production as the biggest opening of 2023 so far, topping The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s $146,361,865 opening weekend. Reports put […]

Movie Review – Barbie (2023)

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Barbie, 2023. Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Connor Swindells, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, Simu Liu, Sharon Rooney, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, […]

Movie Review – Babylon (2022)

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Babylon, 2022. Written and Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Wilde, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, Katherine Waterston, Flea, Max Minghella, Lukas Haas, Spike Jonze, Lewis Tan, Jeff Garlin, P.J. Byrne, Sarah Ramos, Olivia Hamilton, Troy Metcalf, John Kerry, Anna Chazelle, […]

Ryan Gosling gets his own musical number in ‘Just Ken’ Barbie trailer

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With Greta Gerwig’s Barbie finally set to be unboxed in just under two weeks time, Warner Bros. has released a brand new trailer which puts the spotlight on Ryan Gosling’s forlorn figure of Ken. The trailer gives the La La Land star the opportunity to flex those vocal chords once again as he sings about […]