Barbie made an additional $33.7 million at the home box office and another $45.1 million abroad over the weekend. That brought its current worldwide box office total to $1.184 billion, with overseas markets contributing $657.6 million.
The film has grossed $526,309,000 million in North America, making Greta Gerwig the highest-grossing female director of all time at the North American box office. Gerwig just eclipsed Frozen II's Jennifer Lee, who co-directed the film with Chris Buck.
Frozen II previously held the record for Lee with a $477 million domestic gross.
Internationally, Barbie has its work cut out if it wants to outright take Frozen II's title as the highest-grossing film by a female director. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, Frozen II brought in $972,653,355 million for a total box office gross of $1.45 billion.
Barbie is being banned in several international territories and isn't performing all that well in China, so the Margot Robbie-led film is unlikely to overtake Frozen II's overall gross.
Of course, one could make the argument that Gerwig is the highest-grossing 'solo' female director of all-time as she's the only female director to eclipse the billion-dollar mark without a male co-director. Captain Marvel also eclipsed the billion dollar mark but Anna Bolden co-directed the MCU film with Ryan Fleck.
Disney CEO Bob Iger recently disclosed plans for a third Frozen animated picture during a Q1 earnings call, and if the film is directed by a woman, Gerwig's possession of the domestic box office record may be brief.
The only thing known about Frozen III is that Jennifer Lee won't be back as a writer or director.
"I can’t say where we are with Frozen 3," she told The Wrap earlier this year. "All our stories are driven by the artists in the studio. Where we’re going with Frozen did not come from me. It came from an incredible person. That’s a new piece, I’ve told no one. And I’ve been blown away by it and I’m just having a blast with that team."
Barbie Official Synopsis: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.
From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”) comes “Barbie,” starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie (“Bombshell,” “I, Tonya”) and Ryan Gosling (“La La Land,” “Half Nelson”) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera (“End of Watch,” the “How to Train Your Dragon” films), Kate McKinnon (“Bombshell,” “Yesterday”), Michael Cera (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Juno”), Ariana Greenblatt (“Avengers: Infinity War,” “65”), Issa Rae (“The Photograph,” “Insecure”), Rhea Perlman (“I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “Matilda”), and Will Ferrell (the “Anchorman” films, “Talladega Nights”).
Gerwig directed “Barbie” from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story,” “The Squid and the Whale”), based on Barbie by Mattel.