The German cinema year - 2023 is pink: "Barbie" most-viewed movie of the year
2023 was the year of the color pink and cuteness in pop culture - and of Barbie and Ken in the film business, as a review of the German cinema year shows.
Margot Robbie as the stereotypical Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Beach Ken were the most popular films in German cinemas this year. "The cinema winner of 2023 is "Barbie"," Media Control announced on Monday. "The comedy made it onto the winner's podium with almost 6 million viewers. It was directed by Greta Gerwig. The film was released in German cinemas on July 20, 2023."
Last year, the animated film "Minions - In Search of the Mini-Boss" was in the lead until mid-December, followed by the 007 film "No Time to Die" with Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Competition for "Barbie" in blue
However, the science fiction film "Avatar: The Way of Water" was also a hit in 2023. James Cameron's work attracted around 10.2 million moviegoers in Germany.
However, the film fell into a bit of a hole in the box office charts with a mid-December release in 2022. It had a good four and a half million viewers by New Year's Eve '22 and then around five and a half million from New Year's Day to summer 2023, i.e. less than "Barbie" in the calendar year 2023. However, Media Control named the "Avatar" film as the "best-selling DVD" of the year in the 2023 media bestsellers.
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- The pink-themed comedy film "Barbie," starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, was the best-performing movie in German cinemas in the cinematic year 2023.
- Interestingly, even though "Avatar: The Way of Water" lagged behind "Barbie" in the box office charts in 2023, it was named the "best-selling DVD" of the year by Media Control in their 2023 media bestsellers.
- James Cameron's sci-fi film "Avatar: The Way of Water," featuring prominent actors, such as Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña, managed to attract around 10.2 million viewers in German cinemas last year, despite its mid-December release schedule.
Source: www.stern.de
