According to Variety, a U.S.-based media house, this makes director Greta Gerwig the first-ever solo female filmmaker with a billion-dollar film.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/greta-gerwigs-barbie-mints-1-billion-globally/article67167298.ece

And, at the end of the year, a billion-dollar federal pandemic subsidy — which has propped things up by boosting salaries and bonuses — will run out.

Source: https://www.wral.com/nc-s-child-care-crunch-threatens-workforce-getting-big-business-attention/20714575/

And, sure, the one who laughed all the best way to the financial institution, promoting the Dodgers for a billion-dollar revenue in 2012.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/a-300-million-minimum-gondola-to-dodger-stadium-why-is-frank-mccourt-really-pushing-this-bt-news

As such, he stated, “Jagdeo’s position that Guyana must extract its oil as fast as possible will fail to fully serve Guyana’s interest as it is a formula for billion-dollar leakages, losses, missed opportunities, and disasters.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2023/04/07/govts-push-for-faster-oil-extraction-is-a-formula-for-billion-dollar-losses-and-disaster-opposition-economist/

“Avatar: The Way of Water” has been Disney’s only pandemic-era release to power to the billion-dollar mark.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/disney-box-office-billion-dollar-mark-avatar-2-1235528694/

Buffett was a purveyor of soft rock that espoused the benefits of a laid-back, beach-bum lifestyle, a lifestyle theme he turned into a billion-dollar business spanning resorts, restaurants, and beverages.

Source: https://comicbook.com/irl/news/jimmy-buffett-dies-dead-76/

But should it be now, now that we’ve seen the effects of this underage labor that fuels billion-dollar industries?

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ban-child-acting-child-stars_l_6324c7f7e4b000d9885b8b44

But the Corps reports that there’s an estimated billion-dollar maintenance backlog — and officials acknowledge that making fixes here and there may not be enough.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/other-nonprofit-media/2023/12/heres-how-the-locks-and-dams-on-the-mississippi-river-work-and-why-they-exist/

But there are multiple billion-dollar revenue opportunities for smaller companies.”

Source: https://adage.com/article/media/brian-wieser-launches-consultancy-madison-and-wall/2467016

But those are the outliers: Most unicorns have not found an exit, and as the market discovers that most billion-dollar startups aren’t natural, the capital flowing into them has slowed to a trickle.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/turns-out-most-unicorns-today-are-more-myth-than-reality/

Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya went from working on a farm with little money to running a billion-dollar business — and he did it without sticking to a plan.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/e35d8b538a14c993?ref=ff

Deckers now has two billion-dollar brands driving its revenue and earnings growth.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/06/3-must-buy-consumer-stocks-to-profit-from-product-obsessions/

Despite the attempts to bring the movie down, received a positive response from critics, and it went on to gross $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the first female-led superhero project to pass the billion-dollar mark.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/samuel-l-jackson-defends-brie-larson-incel-mcu-fans-captain-marvel/

Did this woman win the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot?

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/powerball-jackpot-lottery-winner-b2380378.html

Even if they manage to grow to an enormous size or become billion-dollar businesses, we often see remains of that mom-and-pop mannerism hidden in plain sight in various parts of the conglomerates.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/394351/unlocking-the-full-potential-of-family-businesses-the-power-of-professionalization

I guess it was presumptuous of me to believe that I, even with my good intentions, would be the billion-dollar winner.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/08/05/super-mega-sweepstakes-keep-sweeping-right-on-by/

It has eyes on becoming a billion-dollar automotive services and products provider in 2030, with development strategies including acquisitions and partnerships with leading names in the industry.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/vietnam-tech-firm-fpt-launches-auto-unit-plans-100-million-investment-3988156?cid=cna_flip_070214

McGregor said the same issues had been seen in New York, where there was a “fuzziness” around what was legally being sold and what was not – leading to a cultivation boom that produced a billion-dollar “weed mountain”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/10/legalising-cannabis-in-australia-how-would-it-work-and-is-there-a-catch

Negotiations accelerated last week after Mayo threatened to relocate a billion-dollar expansion project outside Minnesota if it was subject to the staffing legislation and another proposal to penalize hospitals with excessive spending growth.”

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2023/05/minnesota-legislature-looks-for-way-to-exempt-mayo-clinic-from-proposed-nurse-staffing-requirements/

Not a -style critique of Vince McMahon or anything, but his new play centers on the power struggle between a husband and wife who run a billion-dollar wrestling enterprise, and whose chess match is going to put everyone around them in the line of fire.

Source: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/james-roday-rodriguez-talks-masters-of-puppets-play-wrestling/