S.F. Giants to host ‘Barbie’ movie night at Oracle Park

Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is scheduled to appear on the waterfront park’s colossal, state-of-the-art scoreboard.

芭比娃娃, played by Margot Robbie, looks upon Barbieland in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”

Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures

Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants, is set to transform into Barbieland.

Following the success ofGreta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, the ballpark plans to host a special screening of “芭比娃娃” on its colossal, state-of-the-art 4K scoreboard on Oct. 27 — a screen size nearly double that of the IMAX screen at the Metreon, the city’s largest movie theater.

This isn’t the first time Oracle Park has hosted a movie night. In 2019 it welcomed 5,000 attendees for asing-along screeningof “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the Oscar-winning 2018 biopic on the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury starringRami Malek.

But for “芭比娃娃” Movie Night, organizers promise to step things up.

A rendering of how Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, might look as it prepares to host a special screening of “Barbie” on Oct. 27.

Photo: Giants Enterprises

Guests are encouraged to channel their inner Barbie and Ken (or Allan) and take selfies at various Instagram-ready backdrops. The evening also features a series of “Barbie”-inspired activations as well as themed food and beverages.

Tickets are $24 for general admission and are available atsfgiants.com/barbie. A portion of each ticket sale will go to the芭比娃娃Dream Gap Project, a foundation dedicated to challenging gender stereotypes and empowering women.

Krizzia Koh stands in a life-size Barbie display at the AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco on July 21 for opening night of “Barbie.”

Photo: Benjamin Fanjoy/Special to The Chronicle

“Barbie,” starringMargot Robbie, earned $155 million at the box office during its opening weekend in July, making Gerwig the first female director to achieve such a feat.

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“Barbie Movie Night”:6 p.m. Oct. 27. $24, plus fees. Oracle Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, S.F.sfgiants.com/barbie

The movie sailed past $1 billion in global ticket sales within a month of its debut, breaking another record for theSacramento native, who also co-wrote the film with her partner Noah Baumbach.

Only 53 movies have made more than $1 billion in modern box office history, with “Barbie” being the most successful directed by a woman, surpassing “Wonder Woman,” which had an $821.8 million global total.

Reach Aidin Vaziri: avaziri@sfchronicle.com

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    Aidin Vaziri is a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle.