So, what triggered the right about “Barbie”? We saw a multipronged attack weeks before the film’s opening. Given these results, movie studios might want to beg GOP members of Congress, Fox News and others on the right to call for a boycott of their new films. “Barbie” also marked the biggest opening for a movie based on a toy, eclipsing “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” ($115.9 million), the publication noted. 3” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Barbie” raked in the biggest opening weekend for 2023 so far, beating out the likes of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Director Greta Gerwig’s movie - starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling - saw a stunning $155 million opening weekend.
