The all-time report holder is “Titanic,” which spent an astonishing 15 weeks at primary throughout its record-shattering run in late ’97/early ’98. From there, “Beverly Hills Cop” (13 weeks), “Tootsie” (13 weeks), “House Alone” (12 weeks), “Crocodile Dundee” (9 weeks), “Good Morning, Vietnam” (9 weeks), “Again to the Future” (8 weeks), “Deadly Attraction” (8 weeks), “Porky’s” (8 weeks) spherical out the record, with “Ghostbusters” and “Avatar” tied for the ten spot.
“Barbie,” which stars Margot Robbie as Mattel’s well-known doll, would on the very least want “Blue Beetle,” “Gran Turismo,” and “The Equalizer 3” to fall effectively wanting expectations to have a slim probability at reaching 7 weeks, all whereas having drops of 20% or much less — give or take. It appears unlikely however, even when that does not occur, it takes exactly nothing away from what this film has achieved, which is nothing shy of monumental.
Gerwig now stands alone because the proprietor of the highest-grossing film ever directed by a lady, her newest sitting fairly at $1.18 billion worldwide. That places it within the high 25 all-time worldwide, sitting simply behind “Minions” ($1.15 billion) and just under “Iron Man 3” ($1.21 billion). When all’s mentioned and carried out, it might effectively kick “The Avengers” ($1.52 billion) out of the worldwide high ten. So no, it might not set a consecutive week report, however it’s certain as hell going to earn its place in cinema historical past.
“Barbie” is in theaters now.