Iran Press/ America: Greta Gerwig, who directed "Barbie," joins a small group with the sole directing credit on a billion-dollar movie in Hollywood's history. She now holds the box office record for women directors, which Patty Jenkins last set with "Wonder Woman" in 2017. That film raked in more than $800 million.
"Barbie" has earned about $1.03 billion worldwide as of Sunday, according to Box Office Mojo. The feminist film, which Gerwig directed and co-wrote after receiving Oscar nominations for her earlier films "Lady Bird" and "Little Women," already broke one major record. According to Fandango managing editor Erik Davis, it had the biggest opening weekend for a women director ever.
"Barbie" added another $53 million from 4,178 North American locations this weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film has been comfortably seated in first place for three weeks, and it's hardly finished yet.
In modern box office history, just 53 movies have made over $1 billion, not accounting for inflation, and "Barbie" is now the biggest to be directed by one woman, supplanting "Wonder Woman's" $821.8 million global total.
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