Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Shatters Box Office Records with $174.2M Worldwide Opening

Christopher Nolan‘s ‘Oppenheimer‘ exceeded expectations at the domestic box office, earning $80 million on its opening weekend (from 3,610 locations). The film also made $93.7 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $174.2 million. This marks the biggest launch for an original Christopher Nolan film ever.

Christopher Nolan’s Last Six Movies Opening Weekend Collections

1. Tenet (2020) – Opening Weekend Collection: $20.2 million (domestic, United States)
2. Dunkirk (2017) – Opening Weekend Collection: $50.5 million
3. Interstellar (2014) – Opening Weekend Collection: $47.5 million
4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Opening Weekend Collection: $160.9 million
5. Inception (2010) – Opening Weekend Collection: $62.8 million
6. The Dark Knight (2008) – Opening Weekend Collection: $158.4 million

Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig‘s ‘Barbie‘ grossed $250 million worldwide in its first two days. The film earned $117.5 million on its worldwide opening day, including Thursday previews. Both films were released on the same day.

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.

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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 now playing in theaters.

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