00:00Barbie has reportedly been banned in Algeria as some countries continue to object to the movie's
00:04themes of gender and sexuality. Reuters reported on Monday that according to an official source
00:10and a local Algerian news site, screenings of Barbie in the country that began on July 21st
00:15have been halted, as the film quote promotes homosexuality and other western deviances
00:20and breaches the country's religious and cultural values. Screenings of Barbie have already been
00:25barred in Kuwait even as the blockbuster film starring Margot Robbie has launched on screens
00:29in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain after initial censorship threats and edits.
00:35And while Lebanon has traditionally been considered among the more liberal countries in the region
00:39regarding the LGBTQ plus community, the country's culture minister said Barbie quote promotes
00:44homosexuality and contradicts values of faith and morality by diminishing the importance of the
00:49family unit. This news comes as the film stayed number one at the domestic box office this past
00:53weekend and zoomed past the $500 million mark. Overseas, the film has made $657 million for an
01:00impressive global total of $1.18 billion. Warner Brothers has not yet responded to The Hollywood
01:08Reporter's request for comment. For more on this story and the latest updates, head to THR.com.
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