Two very different films. Two shocking success stories.

* “Barbie” hit the $1 billion mark globally in just a few weeks and became Warner Bros.’ top grossing film … ever.
* “Sound of Freedom” earned $180 million stateside, numbers that no indie film studio would dare dream about.

The Left embraced “Barbie” with both arms. Conservatives, including The Daily Wire’s co-founder Ben Shapiro, shredded every element of the film.

The battle lines were quickly drawn.

[I saw SOF but haven’t seen Barbie, so I am not qualified to speak to its success. But it clearly WAS a success, and some conservatives pushed back against their comrades by urging people to give it a chance. There didn’t seem to be too much of that on the Left regarding SOF, but there were a handful of honest MSM reviews in the mix. Maybe the real lesson here is to watch the films in one form or another and decided for yourselves. (Christian Toto did just that and speaks about it in this essay, too.) I’ll catch Barbie on streaming at some point, I’m sure. — Ed]