Margot Robbie saw great potential in bringing the famous Mattel Barbie doll to the movies and the move could not have gone better. The 33-year-old Australian actress not only stars in the film phenomenon of the year but is also behind it as a co-producer with her company LuckyChap Entertainment, with which she has developed projects such as Birds of Prey, A Promising Young Woman or the Netflix miniseries The Housemaid .
The worldwide success of Barbie, which has so far raised 1,200 million dollars at the box office -almost 10 times more than its production cost- has generously increased the current account of the interpreter who became known a decade ago in The Wolf of Wall Street, by Martin Scorsese.
As reported by Variety, Robbie will earn about 50 million dollars (about 45 million euros) in salary and for the percentage that corresponds to him for the box office of the film. The director and co-writer Greta Gerwig will also receive an extra percentage for the excellent numbers achieved, although the amount is unknown.
Barbie has also become the second highest grossing domestic release in the history of Warner Bros., after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). An Oscar nominee for her roles in Me, Tonya and Scandal, Robbie founded the production company in 2014 with her husband Tom Ackerley, and her friends Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, with the aim of promoting women's stories. and support the creators.
With the overwhelming success of Barbie, Margot Robbie has been able to shake off the setback due to the poor results both critically and at the box office of her other recent films as an actress: Amsterdam, directed by David O. Russell, and Babylon, by Damien Chazelle. .
