It’s been five days and yet Barbie is on track to become one of the biggest hits in 2023. After an opening weekend of $162 million, Barbie scored the highest domestic gross on a Monday in Warner Bros. history with $26 million. With the box office success and critical acclaim, Barbie 2 discussions have already hit the Internet, but Greta Gerwig is not ready to talk about a sequel just yet.
In an interview with The New York Times, Gerwig was asked if Barbie would be the start of a franchise. For now, Gerwig believes this is the end of her time with the iconic character.
“At this moment, it’s all I’ve got,” Gerwig said about the potential for a Barbie sequel. “I feel like that at the end of every movie, like I’ll never have another idea, and everything I’ve ever wanted to do, I did. I wouldn’t want to squash anybody else’s dream but for me, at this moment, I’m at totally zero.”
Who is Involved in Barbie?
Margot Robbie stars as Barbie, while Ryan Gosling plays Ken. Together, they travel to the real world after an existential crisis causes them to question their lives in Barbieland.
Besides Robbie, several actresses play various iterations of Barbie, including Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Dua Lipa, Nicola Coughlan, and Marisa Abela. Like Barbie, different actors, such as Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scuti Gatwa, John Cena, and Scott Evans, play other versions of Ken.
The ensemble cast also features America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Michael Cera, Rhea Perlman, Connor Swindells, Emerald Fennell, and Will Ferrell.
Gerwig directed Barbie from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Barbie is based on the famous doll line from Mattel.
