The film is considered one of the main contenders for the Academy Award. In particular, it could bring Nolan an award for Best Picture.
Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, became the highest-grossing biopic of all time. The tape grossed $912.7 million, The Wrap reports.
It thus broke the previous record set by the Oscar-winning Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which earned $902 million in 2018.
Few could have predicted that Oppenheimer would go this far. Universal certainly didn’t see it coming, as insiders say the studio has struck a deal with director Christopher Nolan to produce the film, hoping it will be as successful as his 2017 World War II film Dunkirk, which grossed $525 million in the whole world.
It became the third highest-grossing film of 2023 and the third highest-grossing film of the director’s career. Only The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises topped the three-hour, R-rated biopic about Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb.
If Oppenheimer wins the Oscar for Best Picture, it will be the highest-grossing film to win the award since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which earned $1.1 billion 20 years ago. In fact, it will be the first Best Picture Winner to gross over $500 million at the box office since 2003,” the report said.
It was previously reported that Warner Bros. the American Film Academy was invited to include the film Barbie in the list of Oscar nominations.
Oppenheimer sets a new record for worldwide box office
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