Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ Surpasses $700 Million Globally

Christopher Nolans Oppenheimer has surpassed $700 million at the global box office, becoming the fourth-highest grossing movie of the year.

After five weeks of release, the R-rated historical drama has generated $718 million at the worldwide box office, including $285 million in North America and $437 million internationally.

The film has outperformed Fast X ($704 million) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($686 million) and trails behindThe Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.35 billion),Greta Gerwigs Barbie ($1.279 billion)andMarvels Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 ($845 million).

Those ticket sales also rank as Nolans fourth-biggest movie of all time, passing 2014s Interstellar ($715 million) and standing behind The Dark Knight ($1.006 billion), The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billion) and Inception ($837 million). Its also the directors highest-grossing release in 50 overseas markets, including Germany, India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

In North America, Oppenheimer has remained in the top three for more than a month. Its the highest-grossing R-rated film of the year, ahead of John Wick: Chapter 4 ($187 million), and its the sixth-biggest release of 2023 after Disneys The Little Mermaid ($297 million).

Oppenheimer has been a particularly huge draw in Imax with $146.4 million from the premium formats screens. Its the fifth-highest grossing Imax movie ever and the top four were $2 billion blockbusters: Avatar and its sequel The Way of Water, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame.

Nolan adapted Oppenheimer from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus. Cillian Murphy stars as the theoretical physicist who led the development of the atomic bomb. The rest of the ensemble cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Alden Ehrenreich.