Minds2Lead × TME Films & Warner Bros: Record-Breaking Box Office for Barbie and Always-On, Performance-Driven Advertising Across All Releases

Project Overview

Client: TME Films / Sony Pictures / Warner Bros.
Period: Ongoing (2022–Present)
Scope: End-to-end management of digital media and advertising for all theatrical releases in Turkey
Objective: Achieve maximum box-office performance during theatrical windows and reach broad audiences at scale

Campaign Structure

Digital Media Management

Channels Used: DV360 (YouTube TrueView, Programmatic Video, Display), Meta Video ThruPlay, Google Performance Max
Premium Partnerships: Box Office Türkiye, Sinemalar.com, DonanımHaber, Merlin’s Kazanı, and other leading media partners
Approach: Audience-first planning and continuous optimization tailored to each title to directly support box-office outcomes

Showcase Result — Barbie

Opening Day (21 July 2023): 172,254 admissions → Best Friday opening of July

Opening Weekend: 397,247 admissions; 41.8 million TL box-office revenue → Third-best opening of the year

Cumulative Performance (as of 31 August 2023):

  • 1,363,000+ admissions
  • 137–141 million TL box-office revenue
  • Ranked 14th among the most-watched foreign films in Turkey in 2023

Cultural Impact: The “Barbenheimer” phenomenon generated millions of interactions across social media.

Overall Business Outcomes

  • Advertising operations for all TME Films titles released in Turkey are managed by Minds2Lead.
  • Strategic media planning, performance-oriented buying, and premium content partnerships are applied on every project to achieve the targeted box-office results.
  • Result: Both strong box-office revenues and sustained cultural buzz were achieved across the portfolio.

Minds2Lead’s Contribution

  • Digital advertising management, operations, and media planning for all film launches of TME Films, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. across Turkey, Moldova, and Georgia.
  • Campaigns that reached hundreds of thousands of moviegoers and generated millions of interactions.
  • Clear contribution to box-office growth, increased brand awareness, and wider resonance of the films in popular culture.

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