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The first ever live action pure comedy to hit over $1B+ WW in film history, and speaking of pure live action comedy films in general, it has overtaken the chinese film “Hi, Mom”.

Looks like Barbie outgrossed all the Harry Potter films DOM. Harry’s reaction to this happening:

Wow! That would be around the first Avengers’s numbers ($1.520B+) Above or below? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just $70M WW or less left for Barbie to overtake the chinese comedy film ”Hi, Mom” to become the highest grossing pure live action comedy (in general) of all time worldwide. Might get there in a few days or so. 👩🏻‍💼😲 Any idea where the WW-total for Barbie might end at?

Well, if Oppenheimer gets re-released wide and with extra theaters and maybe with the help from awards push, then maybe it can get there. Depends on where it finishes DOM & WW. If it’s extremely close to $1B, then Universal might find a way to push it there.

So…are the actuals going up for Barbie & Oppenheimer?

Well, there are one or more certain billion dollar-grossing movies amongs the $1B+ list that became cult classics either instantly or as the years would pass. So yes, there can be some of the highest grossing films of all time, that are considered cult-classics. Look at Titanic for example. 👩🏻‍💼💁🏻‍♀️

If we’re talking live action pure comedy films in general (whether they be safe family-friendly comedies or raunchy R-rated comedies) , I think Barbie’s biggest box office goal is to outgross the $850M worldwide gross of the chinese comedy film ”Hi, Mom” in order to become the highest grossing live action comedy film of all time, worldwide. I think it’s likely to happen and then after that, it’ll eventually get to $1B+ WW, since there’s no movie after it at the scale of Barbie that will slow down the box office run. What do you guys think? 👩🏻‍💼💁🏻‍♀️

Well, if we’re talking live action pure comedy films in general (whether they be safe family-friendly comedies or raunchy R-rated comedies) , I think Barbie’s biggest box office goal is to outgross the $850M worldwide gross of the chinese comedy film ”Hi, Mom” in order to become the highest grossing live action comedy film of all time, worldwide.

Don’t get it either but in Hollywood’s eyes, the box office weekdays always look stronger during the summer. However, that doesn’t mean the summer is free from competition for one or more mega-blockbusters. I think partly why studios keep picking the summer for their bigger movies…i think it’s all about having their specific blockbuster to be THE highest grossing movie of the season. What’s wrong with putting a big movie in a better and competition-free month during say…the months that so far haven’t a $100M+ opener yet, like January and October for example? The Super Mario Bros Movie broke out in April and there was nothing else that could compete with it. 👩🏻‍💼🤷🏻‍♀️

Cool list. And it’s awesome that Barbie managed to get the 3rd biggest OW of all movies released in July. Haven’t seen Barbie yet (will see it when I get the chance) but I do love all the other movies in this “Top 5 July Openings of all time”-list.

Any OW actuals made for Barbie & Oppenheimer?

The first one for sure.

So…$170M+ OW for Barbie doable? 🙂😁 Or not? 😬😰

In terms of Quentin Tarantino movies, Django is still his biggest film to date. Nothing else has outgrossed it so far.

Any idea what the actual OW for Barbie will end at?

True. Though there’s always the chance that the next one will do much better. Part 2 just needs a better release date without any competition hurting it. And it needs to be marketed as the “final one”.

The Opening Day number could be higher later with around $73-75M or so.

True. That actually made $586M WW (including the $254M DOM), but having just looked further in the “highest grossing comedy films list”, Hangover 2 is just highest grossing pure comedy film worldwide…made in the US. Surprisingly…the highest grossing pure live action comedy film in general worldwide…(counting foreign movies) is the more lighthearted Chinese film “Hi, Mom” which made $850M+ WW and came out two years ago. Anyone ever seen that film?

With the potential massive worldwide opening and with great/glowing reception…I think so.

True, exactly. But it’s an animated film with comedy. Was referring to the live action comedy films.

Yeah. That could make Barbie the highest grossing live action comedy (pure) of all time. Since most of the $600M+ DOM grossing movies consists of action/CGI-spectacle driven movies.

Yeah, but that’s an animated film. Though good guess.👩🏻‍💼😅 Let me rephrase this again. Highest grossing live action comedy film of all time, worldwide. Which one currently holds that record? Including foreign films.

Are we looking at the highest grossing pure comedy film (in general) of all time, with Barbie, worldwide? Which comedy film holds the highest worldwide gross record? Foreign ones count as well.

Kids love Barbie in general. Especially little or preteen girls who grew up with the brand. Any chance the movie could have insane legs and gross around $500-600M+ DOM total or more?