Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Returns to IMAX Theaters for One Week, Nearing $1B Milestone

Christopher Nolan‘s ‘Oppenheimer‘ returns to IMAX theaters for an additional week, just $54 million away from the $1 billion milestone.

‘Oppenheimer’ is back on IMAX this Friday at select theaters. This comes during a quiet box office weekend, with ‘The Marvels‘ set to dominate screens when it releases on November 10, 2023.

Where will ‘Oppenheimer’ be making a comeback on the big screen this Friday?

‘Oppenheimer’ will return to the big screen at six exclusive IMAX 70mm locations, including:

• AMC CityWalk Stadium 19 in Hollywood, California
• AMC Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California
• AMC Lincoln Square in New York City
• AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco
• BFI London in the United Kingdom
• Melbourne Museum in Australia

‘Oppenheimer’ was released in theaters on July 21, 2023, and became a huge success, grossing over $942 million worldwide. It claimed the third-highest-grossing film of the year, the top-grossing World War II-related film, the highest-grossing biographical film, and the second-highest-grossing R-rated film.

From Christopher Nolan, ‘Oppenheimer’ tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy), a brilliant theoretical physicist who was appointed as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and Oppenheimer’s journey as he works tirelessly to develop the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret government initiative. He works closely with Leslie Groves (played by Matt Damon), a military leader tasked with overseeing the project, and faces opposition from scientists who question the morality of creating such a destructive weapon.

The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie as Edward Teller, Michael Angarano as Robert Serber, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer, David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Modine as Vannevar Bush, Jack Quaid, David Dastmalchian, Jason Clarke, Josh Peck as Kenneth Bainbridge, Devon Bostick as Seth Neddermeyer, Alex Wolff, Tony Goldwyn, Scott Grimes, Josh Zuckerman, and James D’Arcy.

‘Oppenheimer’ is scheduled to be available on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, iTunes, and Google Play Movies & TV on November 21, 2023. Read our review.