The far right is constantly warning that if you go woke, you’ll go broke. But when it comes to the new Barbie movie, they couldn’t be more wrong.
Barbie, which follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) as they leave Barbie Land to explore the real world, earned a whopping $162 million in its opening weekend, Variety reported Monday. This is the biggest opening weekend of the year, and the biggest opening weekend for a female director ever.
The film had already made $22.3 million at the domestic box office from Thursday previews, the biggest preview haul of the summer. It blew the previous record of $17.5 million (made by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in May) out of the water.
Barbie did well because Barbie dolls are incredibly popular and Ryan Gosling. Being woke or not being woke has nothing to do with the success.
The film has several positive monologs that are correctly callout issues in modern society. To a conservative that equals woke.
Also Margot Robbie
You’re god damn right.
Nice movie Ms. Robbie. Seems like your Fediverse advertising campaign was successful.
I wondered how long it would take you to get here
Ping me next time. 😎