Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy “Barbie” has crossed $537.5 million on the home field workplace, overtaking Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero epic “The Darkish Knight” ($536 million) because the highest-grossing home launch in Warner Bros. historical past.

And the field workplace information aren’t anticipated to cease anytime quickly. Within the coming days, “Barbie” will surpass Common’s animated “The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film” ($574 million) as the most important home launch of 2023. At this fee, “Barbie,” which simply hit $1.2 billion globally, additionally has a shot of eclipsing “Mario” ($1.35 billion) because the highest-grossing worldwide launch of the yr.

It’s been a wild run for “Barbie,” which has remained the No. 1 film for 4 consecutive weekends. After 17 days in theaters, it turned the quickest Warner Bros. movie (and eighth within the studio’s 100-year historical past) to hitch the $1 billion membership. It may additionally outpace 2011’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Half 2” ($1.34 billion) because the studio’s highest-grossing worldwide launch of all time.

Earlier in its theatrical rollout, “Barbie” notched the most important opening of the yr with $162 million, besting “The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film” ($146 million). It additionally landed the most important debut ever for a movie directed by a girl, overtaking Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s 2019 blockbuster “Captain Marvel” ($153 million).

Margot Robbie, who leads the movie because the stereotypical model of Barbie, is being richly rewarded for her key position in bringing the enduring doll to the massive display. Because the star and producer behind the summer time’s greatest hit, she stands to make roughly $50 million in wage and field workplace bonuses, as Selection beforehand reported. Gerwig, too, is anticipated to obtain good-looking bonuses due to the movie’s runaway success.