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Key Takeaways The 2023 Barbie movie grossed $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office, breaking records.
New details have emerged about star Margot Robbie’s payday for playing Barbie in the film.
Talks for a sequel have reportedly stalled because the core Barbie team has not been able to agree with Warner Bros. on pay.
The 2023 Barbie movie grossed $1.4 billion worldwide at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros. history. Now new details have emerged about Margot Robbie’s payday as the movie’s titular character.
According to Variety, Robbie reportedly made a staggering $50 million from starring in and producing Barbie. The publication added that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has not been able to bring on the core Barbie team, including Robbie, Ryan Gosling, director Greta Gerwig and her co-writer husband, Noah Baumbach, for a sequel.
Talks have reportedly stalled because Zaslav and the team have not been able to agree on pay. The creative team has rejected more than six offers for sequels in the three years since Barbie debuted.
Variety noted that the latest offer Warner Bros. made was the “highest ever” from the studio. One source called the offer “life-changing money.”
A separate source downplayed the offer, saying that the individual compensation for each member of the team is not as “historic” as the combined amount.
Gosling is pushing for $20 million to play Ken again in the sequel. Sources told Variety that Gerwig made “tens of millions of dollars” from the 2023 movie.
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