Barbie finally gets award recognition after People's Choice Awards sweep

Martin Macdonald - 19 February 2024, 10:30 Share

Barbie had a successful evening at the People's Choice Awards, winning in five major categories.

The movie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, grossed over $1.4 billion at the box office, making it the most successful film in history with a female director, Greta Gerwig, at the helm.

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When the Oscar nominations were announced, fans were stunned that Robbie and Gerwig did not receive nods for Best Actress and Best Director, though the latter did receive a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay alongside Noah Baumbach.

When asked previously by Deadline how she felt about the snub, Robbie responded:

"There's no way to feel sad when you know you're this blessed. Obviously I think Greta should be nominated as a director, because what she did is a once-in-a-career, once-in-a-lifetime thing, what she pulled off, it really is. But it's been an incredible year for all the films.

"I just suspect it (Barbie) is bigger than us. It's bigger than this movie, it's bigger than our industry. I'm beyond ecstatic that we've got eight Academy Award nominations, it's so wild."

Robbie did gain an Academy Award nomination as a producer on the project via the Best Picture category.

Barbie finally got some recognition at a major awards ceremony, as it took five wins at the People's Choice Awards this past weekend.

Have a look at the winners below in the movie and TV categories:

2024 People's Choice Awards winners

Movie Of The Year: Barbie

Action Movie Of The Year: The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes

Comedy Movie Of The Year: Barbie

Drama Movie Of The Year: Oppenheimer

Male Movie Star Of The Year: Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Female Movie Star Of 2023: Margot Robbie, Barbie

Action Movie Star Of The Year: Rachel Zegler, The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes

Comedy Movie Star Of The Year: Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings

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Barbie (2023)

'Barbie' follows one of the dolls who lives in Barbieland. She is expelled from school for not being perfect enough. She then decides to go on an adventure in the real world.

Directed by: Greta Gerwig
Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera