In a repeat from the last four weeks, Barbie remained atop the domestic box office, taking in $33 million (-36%) in its fourth weekend to bring its total to a massive $526.3M and $1.183B worldwide, per Deadline. That’s just phenomenal for the Greta Gerwig-directed pic, which is now less than $200M away from overtaking The Super Mario Bros. Movie as the No. 1 grossing film of 2023.
Skipper isn’t the only Barbie sister — they have a whole extended family
25.07.2023 - 15:11 / polygon.com / Greta Gerwig
From the infamous Earring Magic Ken and Ken’s Best Friend Allan to Video Girl Barbie and the ever-pregnant Midge, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is chock-full of cameos from the most distant corners of the Barbie canon. There’s even an appearance from the notorious Growing Up Skipper — Barbie’s little sister, whose boobs grew if you turned her arm.
But while a version of Skipper made her live-action theatrical debut in Barbie (and the Mattel corporate suits mention another Skipper, who they say escaped into the real world and then nearly drowned a child in a surfing accident), the rest of Barbie’s family is nowhere to be seen.
Float into our DreamHouse: Barbie World is Polygon’s dive into everything Barbie, from her legacy as an iconic toy to her presence in games and movies.
That’s right: Barbie has a family, and it’s pretty big. And in Barbie’s current incarnation in the movies and TV shows (which extends to a lot of toy counterparts), her family plays a huge role in her life.
Ever since 2018, Barbie’s animated adventures have been a little more grounded in reality than the solely fairy-tale-based stories of the early 2000s. (Though she does still get to befriend mermaids and swap places with princesses.) In her recent stories, she’s just a regular girl from Malibu, albeit with big dreams and an astonishing amount of free time to put those dreams into action, when she isn’t getting pulled into wacky adventures. The 2018 Netflix show Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures kicked off this era. More importantly, it dives into the lives of Barbie’s family, who had previously just been side characters in Barbie’s story.
Since her early days, Barbie has always had family members, including several discontinued younger siblings and cousins who have been eradicated from canon. But now more than ever, they’ve been heavily emphasized, to the point where a few of them have had movies and TV shows of their own. Here’s a who’s who of the Barbie family mythos — and what Skipper’s up to now that her toys aren’t emphasizing her boob growth.
Skipper Roberts is Barbie’s OG sister, first introduced in 1964, and the Barbie sister mentioned in Gerwig’s Barbie. She’s the second-oldest sister in the Roberts family, at 14 years old, though she was originally introduced as an 8-year-old. Growing Up Skipper came out in 1975, back when Skipper was a blonde, and she’s come a long way since those days. The doll was briefly discontinued in 2003, but revamped in 2009. The current incarnation of Skipper is a brunette with streaks in her hair, and she’s smart, tech-savvy, and an aspiring innovator and DJ. She stars in the most recent animated Barbie movie,Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure.
Stacie Roberts was first introduced
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