‘Barbie’ Surpasses ‘Avatar,’ ‘Titanic’ to Become Ireland’s All-Time Box Office Champion

Barbie is now the all-time box office champion in Ireland with an 8.85 million ($9.57 million) gross.

Greta Gerwigs film has swept past previous champions Avatar (8.75 million) and Titanic (8.39 million) in the countrys all-time top 10 chart.

Spider-Man: No Way Home occupies fourth place with 7.57 million; Star Wars: The Force Awakens fifth with 6.76 million; The Lion King sixth with 6.55 million; Avengers: Endgame seventh with 6.42 million; Joker eighth with 6.4 million; Mamma Mia! ninth with 6.39 million; and The Dark Knight 10th with 6.31 million.

With 5.57 million, Christopher Nolans Oppenheimer has surpassed The Super Mario Bros Movie (5.14 million) to emerge as the second-highest film of 2023 in the country.

Together, the Barbenheimer phenomenon has been a boon to cinema admissions in Ireland. July admissions were17.6 million, an increase of 32.4% over July 2022. Overall, for the first seven months of 2023, admissions are higher by 6% over 2022.

The other films charting in Irelands 2023 top 10 are Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (3.26 million), Puss in Boots: the Last Wish (2.89 million), Avatar: the Way of Water (2.88 million), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2.74 million), Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2.37 million), The Little Mermaid (2.21 million) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1.77 million).

Worldwide, the highest grossing film of the year remains The Super Mario Bros Movie with $1.4 billion, followed by Barbie with $1.3 billion, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 with $845.5 million and Oppenheimer with $722.8 million.