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(The Walt Disney Company) Frozen: 2013 $13.9 billion: Merchandise sales – $10.588 billion [bb] Box office – $2.694 billion [219] DVD & Blu-ray sales – $502 million [220] Musical theatre – $155 million [221] Animated film Chris Buck Jennifer Lee Hans Christian Andersen: The Walt Disney Company Space Invaders: 1978 $13.9 billion
Barbie is a fashion doll created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959. The toy was based on the German Bild Lilli doll which Handler had purchased while in Europe.
The Barbie Dreamhouse made with cardboard and paper made its debut in 1962, [27] when also the Astronaut Barbie, the first of many space-themed iterations of the doll, was introduced. [28] In 1965, the company built on its success with the Chatty Cathy doll to introduce the See 'n Say talking toy, spawning a line of products. [29]
UPDATE: 7/24, 2:26 p.m. ET — The official numbers are in, and Barbie earned even more than initially estimated. Barbie brought in $162 million on opening weekend while Oppenheimer trailed behind ...
But the results speak for themselves with Mattel reporting a 9% rise in net sales last quarter, driven by a surge in invoices for dolls and toy vehicles, which jumped 27% and 18%, respectively.
Before the “Barbie” movie was released, the Barbie brand already had a 99% rate of global brand awareness, selling more than 100 dolls every single minute, according to Mattel.
Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor.She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
"Every division of this company got behind Barbie." Karese Frizell arrives at the premiere of "Barbie" on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/AP Photo ...