How to watch Barbie – is it streaming?
Warner Bros.Barbie is one of the biggest movies of 2023 – but is it streaming, and if not, when will it be available to watch at home, and will it come to Netflix? Here’s what we know.
We’re still experiencing one of the biggest box office highlights of the decade, and it doesn’t involve sequels or superheroes: it’s a battle between Barbie and Oppenheimer, two movies from top directors at the peak of their powers.
However, rather than nailing their pink flags to the mast or becoming destroyers of Barbieland, audiences have turned their releases into the ultimate double-feature event: Barbenheimer.
So if you want to revisit the world of Mattel after its eight Academy Award nominations, here’s how to watch Barbie and if and when it’ll come to streaming.
Is Barbie on streaming?
Barbie has been available to stream on the HBO platform Max since December 15, 2023.
Since the movie is distributed by Warner Bros., it was guaranteed to drop on Max eventually.
Barbie is currently available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime as of September 12. Plus, it also has a Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra available as of October 17.
This streaming release date heavily depended on the movie’s box office performance. Evil Dead Rise’s digital release came less than a month after it hit cinemas, but it only grossed $146.5 million worldwide, while Barbie raked in well over $1 billion, hence the later arrival.
Is Barbie available on Netflix?
No, Barbie isn’t on Netflix – and probably won’t be for a long time.
As it’s a Warner Bros. movie, it’ll remain on Max until such time it’s licensed to another streaming platform such as Netflix, Prime Video, or another service.
Is Barbie worth watching?
Aside from its recent Oscar nominations, Barbie has maintained an 88% certified fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.
In our five-star review, we described the movie as “Barbie is an enigma of a movie. It is a children’s film made for adults, done in a thoughtful and loving way. It’s comforting, but never pandering. Like finding one of your old dolls in a drawer at your parent’s house, Barbie manages to take a stereotypical object we’re all familiar with, and make it personally existential.”
Sergio Burstein at the Los Angeles Times agreed “One of the best films of the year in cinematographic terms, probably the best comedy that we have seen in a long time, and an extraordinarily entertaining product that promotes the value of searching for a more cohesive society.”
