Where to Stream ‘Barbie’
Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie movie is now available to view in your Mojo Dojo Casa House. As of Friday, December 15, Barbie is available to stream on Max.
Barbie was previously rumored to hit streaming in the fall, but Warner Bros. and Max announced its official streaming release date on Monday, December 4 that Barbie, just in time for the holidays. The Barbie streaming debut comes with an American Sign Language version of the record-setting film.
Grounded in research and feedback from the Deaf community, as well as counsel from community leaders, Barbie with ASL was produced for Max featuring ASL performer Leila Hanaumi (Deaf Austin Theatre’s “The Laramie Project,” ASL cover for Tove Lo in “True Romance” music video). Barbie with ASL will be displayed as a unique title in-app and can be identified by its key art with the sign language symbol. Here’s what it will look like:
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“Max is the premiere destination for storytelling, so being able to share the biggest movie of the year in ASL, the first language for many, will make this story resonate in a more meaningful way,” said Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content. “By offering sign language interpretation, we will build upon the film’s empowering message of inclusiveness and offer a unique viewing experience for the Deaf community to enjoy with family and friends.”
Fans can still rent digital copies of Barbie on digital platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Vudu, and others. Prime Video has made renting Barbie free on its platform and dropped the price to buy the movie from $19.99 to $4.74 once it came out on Max. Barbie is also airing on HBO. Check out its upcoming schedule here.
Barbie crossed the $1 billion mark on August 7 after hitting theaters on July 21. It’s the first film directed solely by a woman to ever reach this milestone, and according to Warner Bros., it’s the highest-grossing global release in the studio’s 100-year history. (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 previously held that title).
Barbie crossed the $400 million in domestic box office sales mark on August 3, its 14th day in theaters, beating recent blockbusters to this milestone — 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick (now streaming on Paramount+) and 2023’s Super Mario Bros Movie (now streaming on Peacock) hit $400 million domestically in 18 days.
Barbie stars Margot Robbie as “Stereotypical” Barbie alongside her Ken, played by Ryan Gosling. America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Michael Cera, Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Will Ferrell, Rhea Perlman, Ariana Greenblatt, and more also star. The movie begins in the “perfect” world of Barbie Land, where everything is great (unless you’re a Ken). Robbie’s Barbie and Gosling’s Ken embark on a life-changing adventure to the Real World to figure out why Barbie’s suddenly feeling human emotions.
Barbie is the fourth movie directed by a woman to cross the billion-dollar benchmark. Its $1,441,809,423 (as of time of publication) in global ticket sales makes it the second highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman. Frozen II (directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee) is still in first place at $1,453,683,476. Frozen is now in third ($1,284,540,518, directed again by Buck and Lee), followed by Captain Marvel ($1,131,416,446, directed by Anna Boded and Ryan Fleck).
Barbie, Available Now, Max
