Mélanie Thomas
“Barbie” finally arrives in IMAX, two months after its first release in theaters.
Barbie is about to climb a little higher on the billboard, adding to its box office record with a one-week run in IMAX. The fact that the Warner Bros. blockbuster didn’t actually have an IMAX release makes it even more impressive that it became the highest-grossing film of 2023, but now that it is about to get a digital release, the studio finally gains access to some of the IMAX screens that were previously shared by films like Oppenheimer and Mission : Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Tickets are now available, with the run scheduled for September 22nd.
In addition to ticket sales, there is a BarbieIMAX poster, featuring the iconic black and white striped swimsuit from the opening film inspired by 2001 : A Space Odyssey. Expect this poster to be very popular on the secondary sales market in the coming weeks and months.
You can see the IMAX poster below.
Barbie was released in theaters on July 21st and has been a heavyweight since, winning the box office for four consecutive weeks and coming in a close second to Blue Beetle in its fifth week, and again in its sixth week, almost beating out Gran Turismo. It has grossed $597,583,126 at the domestic box office, about 46% of its gross, while $746,600,000 comes from international markets. This puts it almost exactly in the same proportion of domestic and international ticket sales that propelled the Super Mario Bros. film to such success.
Here is the official synopsis of the film :
In Barbie, living in Barbie Land means being a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you’re having a real existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig comes Barbie.
Barbie stars Oscar nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. The film also features Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dua Lipa, and Oscar winner Helen Mirren. Gerwig directed Barbie from a screenplay by Gerwig and Oscar-nominated Noah Baumbach, based on Barbie by Mattel.
