Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' Breaks Butts-in-Seats Record for Woman Director

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The movie opened to $162 million at the North American box office over the weekend. Girl power, or something!

: If you left your house at all this weekend, you were surely met with a parade of pink crusaders, and exit surveys indicate that women and girls made up almost 70 percent ofThe Margot Robbie-led film easily passed the last record breaker for a woman’s solo directorial effort: Patty Jenkins’ 2017Captain Marvel

, which raked in $153 million over its opening weekend and was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck—the highest opening for any film co-directed by a woman., which also premiered Friday. Together, the two movies marking one of the biggest openings since the pandemic began. The magic of Greta Gerwig is in full effect.

But of course, when it comes to matching the earnings of male solo directors or co-directors, Hollywood’s got a long way to go. The highest grossing opening weekend on record has been claimed by two white men, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, who co-directed

 

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