The gays are winning as Barbie and Red White & Royal Blue break records
It is surely a sign of changing times that the two arguably gayest movies of the year, the resoundingly successful Barbie and rom-com Red, White & Royal Blue, are breaking all records since they came out this summer.
Barbie, which debuted on July 21, has broken a number of box office records already and doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon.
Greta Gerwig’s whimsical comedy has now raked in over $537.5 million at the domestic box office, surpassing Christopher Nolan’s 2008 superhero epic The Dark Knight, which amassed $536 million, establishing it as Warner Bros.’s highest-grossing domestic release in the studio’s history.The movie explores the world of the well-known doll, and Barbie’s journey has been an exciting one.
It has remained the top film for four weekends in a row. The movie reached the $1 billion club just 17 days after its theatrical debut, making it the Warner Bros.
