Summary
- Barbie has become the highest-grossing film of 2023 so far, earning $1.418 billion at the box office, ensuring its continued popularity and relevance.
- The IMAX release of Barbie includes a post-credits scene featuring Helen Mirren, who played the Narrator in the film, giving audiences a chance to see her on screen for the first time.
- The post-credits scene, featuring Mirren and Midge, a discontinued doll, may hold a deeper meaning or simply provide comedic value, leaving fans intrigued and curious to watch Barbie in IMAX to find out.
When Barbie premiered on July 21, 2023, some audiences stuck around while the credits rolled, expecting a post-credits scene since that has become the norm with movies nowadays. However, the original version of Greta Gerwig's film did not contain an extra sequence. Instead, the credits featured numerous Barbie models, from the classic doll to Growing Up Skipper. However, Barbie is getting a special limited IMAX release starting on September 22, and this rendition of the fantasy comedy movie will include a post-credits scene initially cut from the film when it was released.
Barbie has undoubtedly been the movie of the year, and it has not even come close. It is the highest-grossing film of 2023 (so far), having made $1.418 billion at the box office as of the writing of this article. Plus, now that Gerwig's latest masterpiece is getting another theatrical release, this time in IMAX and with an extra never-before-seen scene, its popularity and relevancy will likely continue throughout the end of the year and roll right into awards season.
Barbie's Post-Credits Scene Pays Off Helen Mirren's Cameo
The IMAX Barbie post-credits scene includes a cameo from Helen Mirren, who played the role of the Narrator in the movie. The actress was never seen but heard throughout the fantasy comedy film as she told Margot Robbie's Stereotypical Barbie's story and made a few quick jokes here and there. But when audiences venture to their local theater to watch Barbie in IMAX, they will get to see Mirren appear on the screen.
The meta post-credits scene features Mirren as herself walking in on Midge, played by Emerald Fennell, giving birth. Midge is one of the many discontinued dolls that appear throughout the movie. Although it sounds like a peculiar sequence, and viewers will learn more about what the scene entails if they watch Barbie in IMAX starting the weekend of September 22, 2023, it likely has more meaning than what it seems on the surface. Or the post-credits scene could just be purely based in comedy, but fans will have to tune in to find out.
Why Barbie's Post-Credits Scene Was Cut From The Original Release
Greta Gerwig never revealed why the post-credits scene featuring Helen Mirren and Midge was cut from the final version of Barbie. But the director probably had a good reason for leaving it on the cutting room floor. It might not have felt as if it fit within the context of the story, or it could have tested poorly in early screenings of the film. Nevertheless, fans will see the previously cut Barbie post-credits scene if they see the movie in IMAX.
