Happy birthday to Greta Gerwig, who turns 40. A wonderful indie actress, I’ll always cherish her turns in “Frances Ha”, “Greenberg” and “Hannah Takes the Stairs”. Her directorial debut “Lady Bird” was also class.
She’s getting a great birthday gift today, her “Barbie” is set to cross the $1 billion mark at the box-office. It’ll only be the second movie this year to accomplish such a feat, “Super Mario Bros” is the other one.
“Barbie” has also passed the $400 million mark domestically. It’s kind of astonishing how this movie just completely took off with the masses. It has become its own meme, which can sometimes spell major success for a movie in 2023. The power of social media.