Barbie is on track to crossing the $200 million mark at the domestic box office today after just five days in theaters, so a sequel seems inevitable.
Director Greta Gerwig was just asked if she has any plans for a second movie yet and her answer might disappoint you.
While chatting with The New York Times, Greta addressed the sequel possibilities and also talked about the record-breaking opening weekend.
“I’m so grateful. I’m so amazed. I’m at a loss for words, really. I’ve been in New York City and spent Thursday and Friday just spot-checking different theaters, listening to the levels and making sure the picture looked nice and trying to relinquish control, which is difficult. But honestly, it’s been amazing to walk around and see people in pink. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine something like this. It’s just … it’s … sorry, I’m just disintegrating into noises,” she said. “I think part of the reason I was so fixated on volume levels was because it was a thing I could concentrate on. But mostly, it’s been running into people on the street who are excited and happy and exuberant, because so much of this movie was an attempt to create something that people would want to experience together. So it’s the little things.”
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So, will there be a sequel?
“At this moment, it’s all I’ve got,” Greta said. I feel like that at the end of every movie, like I’ll never have another idea and everything I’ve ever wanted to do, I did. I wouldn’t want to squash anybody else’s dream, but for me, at this moment, I’m at totally zero.”
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