Oppenheimer makes a sensational entry into the history of cinema by becoming the most profitable biopic in the history of the seventh art. Until then, the record for biographical films was held by Bohemian Rhapsody, by Bryan Singer, carried by Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, which had collected 900 million dollars (841 million euros) at the worldwide box office, huge success of the year 2018. But the portrait dedicated to the father of the atomic bomb, directed by Christopher Nolan, has already surpassed it with more than 910 million dollars, including nearly 600 million internationally, reports the site People.
Upon its release in July, the film took the lead at the box office just behind Barbie, another phenomenon of the year 2023. A real duel in large theaters, inspiring hashtags
In one month, Nolan’s biopic reached $270 million on American soil, finishing at $320 million in mid-September. And it’s not over: according to the website Variety, the film could approach, or even exceed, a billion dollars in the long term. It now ranks among the highest-grossing films of 2023 behind Barbie ($1.4 billion) and Super Mario Bros (1.36 billion).
A hell of a performance, knowing that the theme of the film has nothing glamorous or juicy, unlike the tumultuous and hair-raising life of Freddie Mercury… But the filmmaker of Interstellar (2014) and Tenet (2020) knew how to renew the genre of biopic by drawing up a portrait both historical and psychological of the American physicist, alternating past and present, color and black and white, with a series of characters and intrigues. All carried by the remarkable performance of Cillian Murphy in the role of Robert Oppenheimer. By choosing the hero of the famous series Peaky Blinders, Christopher Nolan attracted all the fans of the Irish actor to the theaters, curious to see him again in a tailor-made role…
