Barbie Earned $1.18 Billion, Lead Star Margot Robbie Only Getting 4.2% of Total Box Office as Salary
Featuring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the lead role, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has become the highest-grossing film ever from a female director. Now it is time to reward the actors and director of the film for their outstanding efforts in giving the audience such an entertaining piece of work.
Sources have revealed how much has the stars and directors taken home from the total earnings. Having a face-off with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was quite a challenge for Margot Robbie’s Barbie, but the promotion of the film and the Barbenheimer phenomenon proved to be beneficial for both the films.
What Is Margot Robbie’s Share From The Barbie Earnings?
Directed by female director, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie‘s Barbie has derailed the box office and earned over $1 billion globally. According to reports and reviews, the film has been a massive success and has shattered multiple records at the box office. Owing to the film’s high success in terms of incredible earnings, Margot Robbie is being richly rewarded for her key role in bringing Barbie to the big screen.
In an exclusive piece by Variety, sources revealed that the star and producer behind the summer’s biggest hit, Margot Robbie stands to make roughly $50 million in salary and box office bonuses. Barbie has earned an astonishing $526.3 million at the domestic box office since it opened a month ago, as well as $657.6 million at the international box office.
That comes out to $1.18 billion globally and the figure is expected to still rise as Barbie is still topping box office charts. But what draws attention is that despite Robbie gave her heart and soul into the role, the lead actress has been rewarded with a mere share of nearly 4.2% of the total box office earnings of the hit film.
Will There Be a Barbie 2?
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling starrer film of the summer, Barbie is already giving us everything we never knew we needed in our life until now, from a Dua Lipa Barbie anthem to John Cena as a merman to Issa Rae as president. Till now the viewers might have decided whether life in plastic really is fantastic or not. However, fans and viewers are already finding themselves wondering whether they will be getting a second hit of pink dopamine in the form of Barbie 2.
While nothing has been confirmed yet, floating rumors hint around a potential Barbie sequel. Talking about the sequel, Margot Robbie told in an interview with Time, “It could go a million different directions from this point, but I think you fall into a bit of a trap if you try and set up a first movie whilst also planning for sequels.” Since Barbie can do anything and everything, the Barbie World is ripe for spinoffs and sequels, however, the team behind the original Barbie movie isn’t sure yet.
Source: Variety
