The top 7 highest-grossing films directed by women

Barbie has brought out the plastic (and Warner Bros. thinks it’s fantastic). The Greta Gerwig-directed movie sailed past the $1 billion mark in global box office sales going into its third weekend. The new milestone, dubbed the “Barbillion,” also makes Gerwig the first woman to notch up over $1 billion in worldwide gross sales as a solo director.
Margot Robbie, the star of Barbie and one of its producers, certainly seemed to know that a record-breaking movie was in the making. “I think I told them that it’d make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, okay?!” she said in a recent interview with Collider.
But Barbie isn’t the only film directed by a woman to rake in the big bucks—in fact, it could be poised to oustrip the current record holders. Here’s a look at the seven top-grossing films directed by a woman.
7. Brave (2012)

Directors: Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews
Worldwide gross: $538,983,207
6. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Directors: Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski
Worldwide gross: $741,847,937
5. Wonder Woman (2017)

Director: Patty Jenkins
Worldwide gross: $822,854,286
4. Barbie (2023)

Director: Greta Gerwig
Worldwide gross: $1,031,500,000 (and counting)
3. Captain Marvel (2019)

Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Worldwide gross: $1,131,416,446
2. Frozen (2013)

Directors: Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck
Worldwide gross: $1,284,540,518
1. Frozen II (2019)

Directors: Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck
Worldwide gross: $1,453,683,476