The 10 Biggest First-Day Box Office Showings of 2023, Accounting for Barbie’s Big Day!

The 10 Biggest First-Day Box Office Showings of 2023, Accounting for Barbie's Big Day!

Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie premiered on Friday (July 21), and it’s already breaking records!

The hot pink blockbuster starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is on track for one of 2023′s biggest opening weekends at the domestic box office, according to Variety.

It’s too early to give it that record just yet. However, Barbie officially landed the biggest first-day box office of the year with an awe-inspiring $70.5 million.

The outlet noted that the blockbuster is on track to become the highest-grossing release from a female director. The record is currently held by Patty JenkinsWonder Woman, which grossed $103 million in 2017.

Barbie‘s weekend competitor Oppenheimer is off to a strong start, too. It opened with $33 million in its first day.

How do the two movies compare with everything else that’s come out so far this year? We did some digging and lined up the 10 best movies based on their first day box office score. Let’s just say that Barbie left most of the competition in the dust!

Scroll through the roundup to find out what other movies came close to matching Barbie’s numbers…