Barbie is officially more financially powerful than The Avengers
Greta Gerwig's hot pink phenomenon just replaced The Avengers as the 11th highest-grossing domestic release of all time
If you have been even remotely keyed into pop culture this summer—or, frankly, if you’re a living, breathing human being—you could be forgiven for thinking Barbie must be one of the most successful films of all time, if not the most successful. She easily overtook Mario and his buddies for the year’s number-one spot. She’s saving movie theaters. She’s saving the nation’s economy! But—until now—she’s only been 12th on the list of highest domestically grossing films of all time.
While this placement may seem low, Greta Gerwig’s hot pink juggernaut has some stiff competition to sail through if it wants to reach anything close to the number one spot, or even break the top ten. And that competition is super-fast, super-strong, super-web-slinging, and more. (You get the picture. There are, unsurprisingly, a lot of really successful Marvel movies.)