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Barbie<\/em> is the first movie from a solo female director to hit the mark, joining just a few other female-directed films that have grossed over a billion dollars internationally: Frozen <\/em>and Frozen II <\/em>(both co-directed by Jennifer Lee alongside Chris Buck) and Captain Marvel<\/em> (co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck). Barbie<\/em> grossed $53 million<\/a> in its third weekend in the US, topping the weekend box office and putting its domestic total at $459.4 million, according to IMDB\u2019s Box Office Mojo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a good club to be in,\u201d said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Pictures president of domestic distribution, in a statement to Variety. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe massive, overwhelming response we\u2019ve seen out there proves what we\u2019ve known from the beginning: that \u2018Barbie<\/em>\u2019 is not only an incredibly special film, but clearly the theatrical event of the summer, if not the year,\u201d Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Pictures president of domestic distribution, said in a statement after Barbie<\/em>\u2019s opening weekend. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n We can also expect more from Mattel. The toy maker will be keen to dig out additional Barbie<\/em>-sized successes from its catalog. Prior to the release of Barbie,<\/em> The<\/em> New Yorker<\/em> reported<\/a> that the toy company is considering adapting everything from Hot Wheels to Uno.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Barbie <\/em>stars Margot Robbie as the sublime titular protagonist, while Ryan Gosling\u2019s job is Ken. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n