This past weekend was a historical win for going to the movies, with Barbie and Oppenheimer collectively becoming the fourth highest-selling box office opening in history (not counting inflation). Barbie led with $377 million worldwide, not only making it the biggest movie of 2023 thus far, but it also became the best debut weekend for a solo female director. Suffice to say, writer/director Greta Gerwig has a lot of celebrating to do, and she recently reacted to the movie’s massive success.
Following an opening weekend that had tons of audiences dressing in pink and seeing Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, Gerwig shared to Uproxx that she’s “overwhelmed in the best way” about the worldwide response. She also said this:
