In a world full of patriarchy, there was Barbie. The 2023 flick revolutionized and captured box office screens by a jiffy as it brought over its theme of what issues oppressed the modern woman. It attained widespread attention not only for the message it delivered but also for the star-studded cast. Margot Robbie’s Barbie left no stone unturned in making sure that her movie reached the nook and cranny of the world and evoked a jaw-dropping gross of over $1.4 billion. 

In her comments, the leading star of the movie spilled some beans on the future of her outing.

Margot Robbie reveals plans for a Barbie sequel

Personifying Barbie at its best, Margot Robbie received a whopping $50 million paycheck along with millions of praises. Alongside Ryan Gosling, she delivered one of the finest 4th wall-breaking performances for a character that before had only existed in Mattel’s boxes. Despite all it did achieve and the speck of shine it brought upon the 33-year-old’s resume there is a bummer. “I think we put everything into this one. We didn’t build it to be a trilogy or something.” The statements from Robbie thus conclude that no sequel is to come off the smash hit.

Talking to AP Entertainment, Robbie also dished out her thoughts on the same. “Original films can still hit huge at the box office.” The actress laid out the statement as her “key takeaway”. Meanwhile, she also necessitated that the story they brought onto the screen was sufficient in itself and did not require a sequel or prequel for additional depth. Remarkably, the well-gelled performances by the entire cast made Barbie the highest-grosser for Warner Bros. It raked in an impressive $1 billion in a mere 17 days after launch.

The statements have both received support as well as disappointment from fans who hoped for a ‘Barbie Cinematic Universe’.

Fans show mixed reactions to updated news of sequel

At its launch, Barbie stood pegged against one of Christopher Nolan’s biggest, Oppenheimer. The resulting ‘Barbenheimer’ craze engulfed the Internet to such an extent that it ranked as one of the most trending Halloween outfits for 2023. On their part, a few sections of fans were content with Robbie’s statements that the movie need not be unnecessarily dragged along and that the intended message was well across. However, others believed that its ending had the potential for something more.

But what about a Barbie Cinematic Universe?

Months back, Greta Gerwig, herself, had neither dismissed nor accepted talks of a sequel. While admitting that her movie set up the potential for a Barbie Cinematic Universe, she had also asked fans to stay tuned for due course. In the long run, whether the studio decides for a spin-off is anyone’s guess but it looks like Margot Robbie may be done with her titular role for the character.

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