Barbie ticket sales top $1 billion

Barbie has topped $1 billion at the global box office, becoming the biggest movie to be directed by a solo woman filmmaker

TEN HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIES DIRECTED BY WOMEN

Frozen 2 $1,453,683,476  Jennifer Lee*
Frozen $1,284,540,518    Jennifer Lee*
Captain Marvel $1,131,416,446  Anna Boden*
Barbie $1,031,481,000  Greta Gerwig
Wonder Woman $822,854,286   Patty Jenkins
The Matrix Reloaded $741,847,937  Lana and Lilly Wachowski
Mamma Mia! $694,478,392  Phyllida Lloyd
Kung Fu Panda 2 $665,692,281  Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Fifty Shades of Grey $569,651,467  Sam Taylor-Johnson 
Brave $538,983,207  Co-director  Brenda Chapman*


Greta Gerwig (left) is first female filmmaker to surpass billion-dollar benchmark as solo director. Only three other films co-directed by women are higher on list


Sources: Reuters, BoxOfficeMojo, Forbes
Pictures: Getty Images, Warner Bros © GRAPHIC NEWS