Oscar buzz is starting for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s ‘Barbie’ as the movie inches up the list of highest-grossing domestic films.
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After earning $3.5 million in its ninth weekend in theaters, Barbie has now surpassed Marvel’s Avengers to become the 11th top-earning film of all time in terms of domestic sales.Key Facts
Barbie has generated $626 million at the domestic box office since its July 21 release, edging past 2012’s The Avengers’ $623 million in earnings and working its way toward the top 10 best-performing American movies of all time, according to Box Office Mojo.
Barbie was the fifth highest-grossing film of the weekend behind The Nun II, A Haunting in Venice, Equalizer 3 and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3—marking the ninth consecutive weekend that Barbie has placed in the top five films.
Beating Avengers is the latest in a list of accolades that are still pouring in for the Grega Gerwig-directed film: Barbie surpassed The Super Mario Bros. Movie in August to become the highest-earning film of the year.
The film also holds the records for Warner Bros.
