‘Barbie’ Outpaces ‘The Avengers’ as 11th-Highest Grossing Domestic Release in History

Greta Gerwigs Barbie has generated $626 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Marvels 2012 blockbuster The Avengers ($623 million) as the 11th-highest grossing release in history.

In order to crack the top 10, Barbie will need to outpace 2015s Jurassic World (No. 10 with $653 million), Titanic (No. 9 with $674 million), Avengers: Infinity War (No. 8 with $678 million) and Avatar: The Way of Water (No. 7 with $684 million). None of these ticket sales were adjusted for inflation.

Barbie is already the highest grossing domestic release of the year. The cotton candy-colored behemoth has earned $1.4 billion globally and, weeks ago, surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.35 billion) as the biggest worldwide release of 2023. Its the 14th-biggest global release of all time, trailing Frozen II ($1.453 billion) and Top Gun: Maverick ($1.495 billion).

The plastic, fantastic Barbie began its record-breaking theatrical run in July, landing the biggest debut of the year ($162 million). It remained the No. 1 movie for four consecutive weekends and in the top five for more than two months. Barbie also landed the biggest opening weekend for afilm directed by a womanand became the highest-grossing movie directed solely by a woman. Gerwig co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach.

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling play the stereotypical versions of Barbie and Ken, who leave behind their seemingly perfect reality to confront the highs and lows of life in the real world. America Ferrera, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu and Michael Cera round out the cast.