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What are Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing movies?
As Oppenheimer continues to rack up ticket sales at box offices worldwide, we take a look at the top-grossing pictures in Nolan’s filmography.
Oppenheimer, the latest movie by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan, continues to rake it in at the box office. Per the media outlet Deadline, the film had brought in a total of $292.6 million at cinemas worldwide as of Thursday, and was expected to break the $300 million barrier on Friday.
Released in the US and the UK on 21 July, Oppenheimer is far from the first Nolan picture that has enjoyed successful ticket sales. According to figures collected by the stats specialists The Numbers, these are the British-American’s highest-grossing movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - $1,082,228,107
The third film in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, the Dark Knight Rises is the top-grossing feature of the 53-year-old’s career, despite receiving less positive reviews than the second instalment in the series, the Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight Rises is the only Nolan movie to top $1 billion at the box office.
The Dark Knight (2008) - $999,991,613
The Dark Knight was an instant hit, coming within a whisker of the $1 billion mark. As well as being a commercial success, the movie was critically acclaimed. It even earned the late Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar, the Australian scooping Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Joker.
Inception (2010) - $728,504,879
With a one-of-a-kind storyline, and a star-studded cast that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Cillian Murphy, Inception was one of 2010′s most significant cinema releases. The movie was a phenomenon from the moment it came out, and earned more than $700 million dollars at global box offices.
Interstellar (2014) - $647,802,656
Considered one of the finest space movies of the past decade, Interstellar proved very popular at theatres worldwide, clocking up nearly $650 million in ticket receipts.
Dunkirk (2017) - $512,390,011
Dunkirk was a success, albeit not to the same degree as Nolan’s previous box-office smashes. Boosted by largely positive reviews, the World War II thriller netted just over $500 million at cinemas around the globe.
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