Barbie has conquered the box office and is now 2023's biggest movie, a title it will likely retain looking at what else is on the way between now and the New Year.
It's an epic achievement and one that's being rewarded with a one-week IMAX engagement starting September 22. In order to tempt moviegoers back to Barbieland, Greta Gerwig is set to add a never-before-seen post-credits scene...which we may have already caught a glimpse of!
A few weeks ago, a photo shared by Barbie editor Nick Houy started doing the rounds online showing a corkboard with each of the movie's scenes and a few left on the cutting room floor.
In that, we see a stinger dubbed "Midge in Labor," a sequence featuring Midge finally giving birth while joined by Alan and Helen Mirren's narrator. There's a chance this won't be the scene used, though we'd say it's likely.
Other Barbie deleted scenes include "Barbies Can Save Us", "Barbie Monument", "Barbie Land Creation", and "Ken Toys Returned," so one of those may also be repurposed.
The latter was going to show Mattel's Mojo Dojo Casa House toys being returned to stores with the Ken movie also cancelled once all was made right in Barbieland. Could that be the new stinger? We'll find out next month.
"To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place," reads the movie's brief synopsis. "Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken."
The epic ensemble includes Will Ferrell, John Cena, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera, Issa Rae, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Kate McKinnon, Dua Lipa and Helen Mirren.
Barbie is now playing in theaters.