If going strictly on $. No movie by WB has sold as many tickets as quickly
link. It is also WBs highest grossing global movie ever.
The movie is also the first ever billion $ movie for a female director and representative of a key part of the economy in 2023. That is female driven discretionary spending
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It also dealt with some pretty complex themes like motherhood, feminism, and aging while playing on nostalgia in a way that movies like avengers don't come close to. And it stayed fun, appealing to multiple generations.
I honestly hate the movie bc my 2 yr old daughter wants it all the time and we don't put many movies on in the house. But I can definitely see why it's a cultural phenomenon in ways that none of the avengers have been.
