Zack Snyder Gets Mocked For Remarks On Barbie Viewership, Says More People Saw Rebel Moon

Zack Snyder’s recent remarks about Barbie have raised eyebrows on social media. During his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience , the director discussed the impact of Netflix’s film distribution on audience reach compared to traditional theatres.

While speaking on the same, he claimed that “more people probably saw Rebel Moon than saw Barbie in theatre”.

Zack Snyder’s remarks on Barbie viewership raises eyebrows

The Greta Gerwig helmed and Margot Robbie led pink fantasia emerged as the highest Hollywood grosser for the year, followed by Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer.

Zack’s remarks come a few days before Oscar Awards 2024. While speaking on the podcast, he said, “You think about Netflix, for instance, where you push a button. ‘Rebel Moon,’ right? Say right now it’s almost at 90 million views, right? 80 or 90 million accounts turned it on, give or take. They assume two viewers per screening, right? That’s the kind of math.”

Elaborating on the same, he added, “So you think if that movie was in the theater as a distribution model, that’s like 160,000,000 people supposedly watching based on that math. 160,000,000 people at $10 a ticket would be…what is that math? I don’t know. 160,000,000 times ten. That’s 1.6 billion. So more people probably saw ‘Rebel Moon’ than saw ‘Barbie’ in the theater, right?”