Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won big on Saturday night at Hollywood Creative Alliance’s 7th Annual Astra Film Awards in Los Angeles.
The blockbuster film scooped eight gongs on the night, including the top prize of Best Picture.
Barbie has set records since its release in theatres, earning more than $1.4 billion dollars, and becoming the most successful film of 2023 and the highest earning movie in Warner Bros history.
It also scored an 88% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is expected to be a major contender during awards season.
The Astra Film Awards saw Greta take to the stage to accept the award for Best Picture, with producer David Heyman, as well as Best Original Screenplay, giving a heartfelt speech to the star-studded crowd.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won big on Saturday night at Hollywood Creative Alliance’s 7th Annual Astra Film Awards in Los Angeles
The blockbuster film scooped eight gongs on the night, including the top prize of Best Picture
Barbie has set records, earning more than $1.4 billion dollars, and becoming the most successful film of 2023 and is expected to be a major contender during awards season
She lost out on Best Director however, which was picked up by Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer, while The Colour Purple was awarded with the prize for Best Cast Ensemble.
However, both film leads won big, with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling winning Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor for playing Barbie and Ken respectively.
Margot, 33, tied with Lily Gladstone for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon, for the Best Actress gong.
Going into the ceremony, Barbie notably led the nominations by garnering a total of 15 nods, with rival Oppenheimer receiving 14, as well as Killers Of The Flower Moon and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse each raking in 10.
The movie has also dominated in the Best Original Song category for several awards, with the soundtrack selling more that one million albums in the US.
It includes tracks from Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and Lizzo among others and had three songs nominated at the Astra Film Awards.
The winner on the night was ultimately Ryan’s I’m Just Ken, from Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, beating out Dua’s Dance The Night and Billie’s What Was I Made For.
Barbie also picked up the prize for Best Publicity Campaign, after it dominated the world all summer, with the added bonus of Barbieheimer taking over the internet.
The Astra Film Awards saw Greta take to the stage to accept the award for Best Picture, with producer David Heyman, as well as Best Original Screenplay, giving a heartfelt speech to the star-studded crowd
She lost out on Best Director however, which was picked up by Christopher Nolan (pictured right) for Oppenheimer , while The Colour Purple was awarded with the prize for Best Cast Ensemble
However, both film leads won big, with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling winning Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor for playing Barbie and Ken respectively (pictured)
Going into the ceremony, Barbie notably led the nominations by garnering a total of 15 nods, and has also dominated in the Best Original Song category for several awards
The winner on the night was ultimately Ryan’s I’m Just Ken, from Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, beating out Dua’s Dance The Night and Billie’s What Was I Made For
Barbie also picked up the prize for Best Publicity Campaign, after it dominated the world all summer, with the added bonus of Barbieheimer taking over the internet
It rounded out its wins of the night with two additional gongs for Best Production Design and and Best Casting.
Meanwhile, Paul Giamatti scooped Best Actor and Da’Vine Joy Randolph the Best Supporting Actress gong for their roles in The Holdovers.
Best Adapted Screenplay went to Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction and Best Comedy Feature was won by Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
An Internet favourite, M3GAN, won Best Horror Feature, Celine Song won Best First Feature for her critically acclaimed film Past Lives and John Wick: Chapter 4 got Best Action Feature.
Anatomy of A Fall – which has been garnering lots of awards buzz – won both Best International Feature and Best International Actress for Sandra Hüller.
Taylor Swift missed out on the trophy for Best Documentary Feature for her Eras Tour film, with the prize going to Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse unsurprisingly scored Best Animated Feature, while star Hailee Steinfeld also won Best Voice-Over Performance.
The Hollywood Creative Alliance also bestowed eight Honorary Awards, with Glenn Howerton picking up the Game Changer Award, Jeffrey Wright getting the Acting Achievement Award and the Excellence in Artistry Award going to Willem Dafoe.
Meanwhile, Paul Giamatti scooped Best Actor and Da’Vine Joy Randolph the Best Supporting Actress gong for their roles in The Holdovers (pictured)
An Internet favourite, M3GAN, won Best Horror Feature, Celine Song won Best First Feature for her critically acclaimed film Past Lives and John Wick: Chapter 4 got Best Action Feature (Jenna Davies and Violet McGraw pictured)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse unsurprisingly scored Best Animated Feature, while star Hailee Steinfeld (pictured) also won Best Voice-Over Performance
The Hollywood Creative Alliance also bestowed eight Honorary Awards, with Glenn Howerton picking up the Game Changer Award (pictured)
The Excellence in Artistry Award honour went to acting legend Willem Dafoe (pictured)
Barbie’s success at the Astra Film Awards bodes well for its award show hopes, and comes the day before the prestigious Golden Globes.
The film is up for nine awards on Sunday night, including Best Picture in a musical or comedy, as well as acting nods for Margot and Ryan and three of its original songs.
In a statement, Greta said she ‘can’t wait to bring the Barbie party to the Globes.’
The Golden Globes are considered the second most well-regarded and esteemed awards ceremony, only behind the Oscars, and give a good indication of what films and stars will succeed during awards season.
The Academy Awards nominations for 2024 will be announced later this month, with the nomination period running from January 11 to 16 and the final list being revealed on January 23.
Barbie is expected to lead the nominations in the major categories, alongside frontrunners Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Holdovers, Poor Things and Maestro.
Margot bought the rights to Barbie from toymaker Mattel through her production company LuckyChap, and approached Oscar nominee Greta.
Barbie’s success at the Astra Film Awards bodes well for its award show hopes, and comes the day before the prestigious Golden Globes
The film is up for nine awards on Sunday night, including Best Picture in a musical or comedy, as well as acting nods for Margot and Ryan and three of its original songs
In a statement, Greta said she ‘can’t wait to bring the Barbie party to the Globes’ which are considered the second most well-regarded and esteemed awards ceremony, only behind the Oscars
Greta in turn, teamed up with her partner Noah Baumbach to write the script and then approached Margot about directing the film.
Greta spoke of the pressure of being a woman delivering her first big budget production.
She admitted: ‘It was a risk for the studio to make it and for Mattel to make it. And it’s also, as a “lady director” and a lady thing and it’s a big risk for a lady – in that context.
‘I wanted it to work because I wanted to maybe make it easier for whatever the next thing is.’