‘Oppenheimer’ Nears Half a Billion: Crosses $480 Million in Worldwide Box Office in Just 2 Weeks

Christopher Nolan‘s ‘Oppenheimer‘ has earned over $480 million worldwide and reached half a billion dollars in just 2 weeks since its release. On Thursday, the film made $5.58 million from 3,647 locations, for a total domestic gross of $199.87 million and an international box office of $280 million.

Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig‘s ‘Barbie,’ released on the same day as ‘Oppenheimer,’ has achieved $900 million at the worldwide box office and is expected to reach $1 billion this weekend.

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 now playing in theaters—the DVD release date: November 21, 2023. The VOD release is set for October.