Conservatives Predicted Barbie Would Flop. It's About to Make $1 Billion

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  1. omni

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    https://www.them.us/story/barbie-1-billion-box-office-conservative-predictions

    Go woke. Make a billion dollars? That's exactly why happened with Barbie where conservatives and MSM predicted it would flop because of the anti-woke movement. Barbie is only 1 of 50 films to gross over a billion dollars at the box office, and that is darn impressive considering the political climate we live in today and the attempts to cancel the movie from the extremist right. Barbie has been met with widespread critical acclaim, and now that they are outperforming expectations, I wonder if FOX News/MSM will report of the success of Barbie considering they went out of their way to have a handful of segments and articles predicting its demise.
     
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    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as Barbie Q’s
     
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    I’m not super interested in this movie but now I’m mildly curious because it sounds funny.
     
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    And meanwhile the Republican movie Sound of Freedom (just as mush a fantasy movie as Barbie) just had one of their major founders arrested for… you guessed it… felony child kidnapping

    Ah republicans, they never cease to be consistent
     
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    I have said several times that there is NO way the right will win the Culture Wars. And they are already losing steam. Reactionaries (be it Republican or Democrat) NEVER end up winning.

    The need to be prepared, because the pendulum WILL swing.

    As for the movie... I'll be watching Oppenheimer in the next few days. But will be sure to check out Barbie when it comes to Netflix
     
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  6. omni

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    I wasn't interested in the film, but because it got critical acclaim and was met with resistance from the extremist right, there mist be some truths in the movie they don't want me to see.

    I plan on taking my family next week.
     
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    That’s nothing compared to this:


    Charlotte Pride gives Harvey Milk award to registered child sex offender

    Charlotte Pride gave its 2023 Harvey Milk award to a sex offender. The offender has been convicted of commiting a "lewd act on [a] child under 16" by fondling a boy in his sleep.

    I can already predict what at least one person is going to say.


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    https://thepostmillennial.com/charl...y-milk-award-to-registered-child-sex-offender
     
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    My wife and i are also hitting Oppenheimer this week... My son already saw it with his friends and gave it a thumbs up.

    No interest in Barbie myself, although I'd normally pay $50 to watch Margot Robbie read from a phone book.

    But I'm glad it's doing well, to stick it to the No Fun Party.

    Finally, can't imagine anybody knows more about "low T" than Ginger Gaetz....
     
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    Yeh, he was a youth minister. Not much more can be expected from these people.

    The committee that gave him the award should have definitely dug a little deeper but I fail to see how this is in comparison to one of the financial backers of a fictional movie about child kidnapping also being a child kidnapper outside of you just again screaming about the gays.

    Fascinating whataboutism though. Are the gays in the room with you right now?
     
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    Your article is almost a week old (??).. Barbie is safely over 1B by now...

    https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/08/barbie-one-billion-dollars-box-office
     
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    Looks like he used different aliases which could explain why the organization was unaware.
     
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    For those (like me) who don't focus on MAGA issues 24x7, especially when there was a MAJOR political story going on last week, here is a link....

    https://www.newsweek.com/sound-freedom-funder-fabian-marta-arrest-child-kidnapping-1817498

    I was going to ask if the makers were going to remove this guy's name from the credits, but with MAGA, the better question is: will they rename the movie after him?
     
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    I haven't seen the Barbie movie, but based on the trailer about Barbie I have a feeling that it's going to be about growing up and change. Does anyone know?

    I thought conservatives liked the cold, cruel world and introducing people to it.

    Anyway, they also forgot that the phenomenon of getting preachers to hate on a movie actually drives people to watch it even more!
     
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    Barbie made $1 billion. AB lost $395 billion. That's winning?...lol
     
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    $395 million. Anheuser-Busch annual revenue for 2022 was $57.786 Billion.

    They will weather the storm once people get tired of the anti-woke agenda being shoved down their throats.
     
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    People are obviously getting tired of the woke agenda.
     
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    Buy them some dolls. This movie was going to make bank even if it flopped at the box office because of the new stream of merchandising. That is why we will have to endure Spiderman XXXIV and Star Wars: Jedi Revenge of Darth Vader's Great Great Grandpappy prequels for the next 20 years.
     
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    Check again. 1 of 50 movies ever made to gross a billion dollars despite the attempts to cancel it.
     
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    Barbie made $1 billion worldwide . AB lost $395 million just in The United States .
     
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    $450 million made domestically. One of 25 films ever made to gross that much in the U.S.

    AB lost money from both sides because they caved to the right. Barbie stuck their middle finger to the anti-woke movement and their product is soaring.
     
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    How did AB cave to the right?...lol
     
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    Makers of Barbie probably don’t care about AB. Considering where this company donates politically, it’s for sure a win.
     
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    They put out a pathetic apology and put some executives on leave. The boycott was from the left also because Bud Light caved.

    How many movies can say they have grossed a billion dollars? The anti-woke movement is starting to fizzle.
     
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    They did that because they lost their ass in sales...lol
     

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