Transforming nostalgia for the beloved doll into a sharp satire on misogyny and female empowerment, “Barbie” was the leading film of the night with nine nominations, but ended the ceremony with only two awards.
It won Best Song for the tune written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. And as the highest-grossing film of the year, it claimed the newly created trophy for box office achievement.
Margot Robbie, the film’s star and producer, said, “We want to dedicate this to every single person on the planet who dressed up and went to the greatest place on earth, a movie theater.”
“Thank you to all the Barbies and Kens in front of and behind the screen,” Gerwig said.
But ‘Barbie’ lost the best comedy title to ‘Poor Things’ – a surreal, sexy bildungsroman that also earned Emma Stone a best actress win for her effortless role as Bella Baxter.
Stone said, “Bella falls in love with life itself rather than a person. She accepts the good and the bad equally and it made me look at life differently.”