Greta Gerwig's Barbie has broken another record, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year as the ongoing actors and writers' strike continues to halt Hollywood.
Back in August, Barbie passed the Barbillion milestone when it reached $US1 billion at the box office, with experts calling its relentless marketing campaign "a masterclass."
The Barbillion milestone saw Barbie become the first billion-dollar film from a solo female director writing Greta Gerwig into the history books. Its opening weekend also smashed records, earning Barbie the title of the biggest US opening weekend for the year with $US162 million, and the biggest opening weekend of all time for a female director.Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer has sailed past $US850 million globally to become the third highest-grossing film of the year.
The consistent box office figures have delivered Nolan his third highest-grossing film of all time, behind 2008′s The Dark Knight and 2012′s The Dark Knight Rises.The continued success of both Barbie and Oppenheimer comes at a fraught time for Hollywood, with actors seven weeks into a strike for fair contracts with major entertainment companies and movie theatres bracing for a somewhat depleted autumn season as a result.
Despite the strikes, both the Venice and Toronto film festivals are currently underway, though with fewer stars making an appearance.
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