Warner Bros. Pictures’ film premiered in theaters on July 21 and broke all possible records! It also became the highest-grossing global premiere in the studio’s hundred-year history. “Barbie” is available to watch on Max starting today.
The Barbie world is a perfect place to live. However, the perspective changes when someone is going through an existential crisis or… is Ken.
Featuring Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”), in the lead roles Oscar-nominated Margot Robbie (“Bombshell,” “I, Tonya,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Saltburn”) and Ryan Gosling (“La La Land,” “Blade Runner 2049”) as Barbie and Ken, along with America Ferrera (“Superstore,” “How to Train Your Dragon”), Kate McKinnon (“Bombshell,” “Saturday Night Live”), Michael Cera (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Juno”), Ariana Greenblatt (“Avengers: Infinity War”), Issa Rae (“Insecure” HBO), Rhea Perlman (“See You in My Dreams,” “Matilda”) and Will Ferrell (“Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights”). The film also stars Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Dua Lipa, and Academy Award winner Helen Mirren.
The soundtrack of the movie “Barbie” received 11 Grammy® nominations across seven categories, with four out of the five nominated titles for Best Song Written for Visual Media featured on the official film soundtrack.
“Barbie” received the most nominations for the Golden Globes, including Best Comedy or Musical, Direction, Screenplay (Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach), Actress in a Comedy or Musical (Margot Robbie), Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), Song (“What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas, “Dance the Night” by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, and Andrew Wyatt, “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt), and Film and Box Office Achievement (Warner Bros.).
Credits: Directed by Greta Gerwig based on a screenplay by Gerwig and Oscar-nominated Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story,” “The Squid and the Whale”), based on Mattel’s Barbie; produced by Oscar-nominated David Heyman (“Marriage Story,” “Gravity”), Margot Robbie (“I, Tonya,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “Saltburn”), Tom Ackerley (“I, Tonya,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “Saltburn”), and Robbie Brenner; executive producers – Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Ynon Kreiz, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich, and Cate Adams.