Greta Gerwig is in a league of her own as the first solo female director whose movie has made $1 billion.
'Barbie' Makes Greta Gerwig 1st Female Director with Billion-Dollar Movie
https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/06/barbie-greta-gerwig-first-female-director-billion-dollar-movie/
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roldyclark@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Let's go!
Lenguador@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
This seems like more of an achievement for the Barbie brand than for the individual director.
Yepthatsme@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
While the writers starve.
Nougat@kbin.social · 0 pts · 3y
Inflation gets some of the credit.
quirzle@kbin.social · 19 pts · 3y
That's kinda true of every movie after the first one though.
Nougat@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Yup.
admiralteal@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
This is sort of true, but even adjusted for inflation its performance is obscene.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2019
For example, Barbie has already close to tied with Toy Story 4, which puts it somewhere in the top 150 inflation-adjusted film grosses of all time. It's probably already at 3-4x what A League of their Own managed, which I think was the previous highest-grossing movie from a woman adjusted for inflation, though I am not actually sure that is right.
I'd bet she's holding the record for highest grossing movie directed by a woman any way you measure it.
And it's still gaining 1st run sales.