Box office records •
Barbie became the 53rd film overall to gross $1 billion worldwide. • It became the
highest grossing comedy film, surpassing
Hi Mom (2021). • It surpassed
Jia Ling's
Hi, Mom (2021) to become the highest-grossing movie with a solo female director. • It had the largest domestic opening weekend for a film that is not a sequel, remake, or superhero property, totaling $162 million. • It also achieved the largest opening weekend for a female-directed film, surpassing the record set by
Captain Marvel (2019). • It had the highest opening weekend for a
Margot Robbie film and a
Ryan Gosling film, surpassing
Suicide Squad (2016) and
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) simultaneously, later becoming both actors' highest-grossing films. • It surpassed
The Secret Life of Pets (2016) to have the highest non-sequel July opening weekend. • Its second weekend domestic earnings of $92 million (a 43% drop) was the largest sophomore weekend ever for a Warner Bros. film and the seventh-largest ever. • It became the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film in the
United States and Canada, surpassing
The Dark Knight (2008). • It became the highest-grossing film released by Warner Bros. at the global box office, surpassing
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). • It became the first comedy film to gross over $1 billion. • It became the first film since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared no longer a global emergency to gross $1 billion. •
The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, the eleventh animated film, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide. • It became
Illumination's highest-grossing film, as well as the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film of all time, surpassing
Minions (2015). It was later surpassed as the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film by
Ne Zha 2 in 2025 but remains Illumination's highest-grossing film. • It surpassed 2019's
Frozen II as having the
highest-grossing opening worldwide for an
animated film, grossing $375.6 million. • The film achieved the second-highest-grossing opening weekend in the US and Canada for an animated film behind
Incredibles 2 (2018), earning $146 million in a 3-day frame and $204 million in a 5-day frame over Easter weekend. • It set the record for the biggest five-day opening weekend (for films opening on Wednesday) in North America, surpassing
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). • It set the record for
Illumination's biggest opening, surpassing
Despicable Me 2 (2013). • It became the first animated film to gross $1 billion since the
COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019. Also, it became the last film to gross $1 billion before the Covid-19 Pandemic was declared no longer a global emergency. The last animated film to do so prior to this was
Frozen II. • In Japan, its opening weekend gross of $14.3 million became the highest for a Hollywood animated film, as well as the highest for a film from Universal, surpassing
Jurassic World Dominion (2022). • The Mario franchise surpass $1 billion. •
Oppenheimer became the highest-grossing
World War II film of all time, surpassing
Dunkirk (2017), also directed by
Christopher Nolan. • It became the highest-grossing
biographical film of all time, surpassing
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). • It is the
second-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time behind
Joker (2019) and the highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-rated film since the
COVID-19 pandemic. • It is the fourth-highest grossing
IMAX release of all time, accumulating $184 million (20% of the film's total worldwide gross) through IMAX theaters alone, including $17 million from 30 IMAX
70 mm film screens around the world. • It became Nolan's highest-grossing film in over 50 overseas markets, including Germany, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. • The
Marvel Cinematic Universe became
the first film franchise to gross $29 billion with the releases of
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and
The Marvels. • The
Spider-Man franchise became
the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. •
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse became the highest-grossing animated film distributed by
Sony Pictures, surpassing
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018). • It also became
Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film, surpassing
The Smurfs (2011). • It had the highest opening weekend for a Sony Pictures Animation film, surpassing
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). •
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the highest-grossing
concert film of all time. • It also became the highest opening for a concert film of all time, and the second-highest opening in October of all time behind
Joker. •
Transformers franchise grossed $5 billion with the release of
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. •
Mission Impossible franchise grossed $4 billion with the release of
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. •
The Hunger Games franchise grossed $3 billion with the release of
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. •
John Wick franchise grossed $1 billion with the release of
John Wick: Chapter 4. ==Events==