Well I sure eat my words. My god.sanford wrote: ↑July 19th, 2023, 4:59 pmI genuinely can’t see a world where Oppenheimer opens with a cent above $55 million, which is already pushing it for an R-rated three hour adult drama, regardless of the names attached to it. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love it, but there’s just no way.
$158 million seems awfully high for Barbie as well. Somewhere around $130 million would be staggering. But, there’s been an insane amount of hype and build up to this weekend, and I’m looking forward to how it finally plays out.
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Are you referring to the Tweet earlier in the thread about multipliers on Nolan's earlier movies? That is not referring to Worldwide Total, it's only talking about the Domestic market. So potentially $380 million domestic if this movie follows Inception's 4.66 multiplier from the $82M opening weekend.MaxContract wrote: ↑July 23rd, 2023, 11:10 amI’m surprised the potential is only $380m at most WW for $170m opening especially since there’s no other big movie coming for the summer
That said, it seems unlikely to have Inception's legs. It needs a 2.44 multiplier to reach $200 million domestic. That seems very likely to happen, which is awesome. Everything beyond $200 million is very sweet icing on the cake for Universal & Nolan. A 2.7 multiplier would deliver a $220 million domestic total, which seems like a pretty decent chance of happening. It needs a 3.05 multiplier to reach a $250 million domestic total, which is getting into more difficult territory. Dunkirk's 3.7 multiplier would give the movie a $300+ million domestic total, which is not easy to do by any means.
Yeah, I knew this could go high, but these numbers surprise me. If this has typical Nolan legs, Oppy could make $650-800M worldwide. BTW, first data for Monday are looking absolutely spectacular. This could have a very lengthy run at the box office.
Yeah, raves are helping. Many peopel will be seeing it, just by recomendations from others.
I think word of mouth will be crucial, and judging by the reaction of the audience during my screening (too stunned to say a word), word of mouth will be more than fine. 
Will this movie establish itself as must-see masterpiece during the coming weeks? Could become a global phenomenon this way.
Will this movie establish itself as must-see masterpiece during the coming weeks? Could become a global phenomenon this way.
I'm interested to see how this upcoming weekend turns out. I feel like this is going to have a lot of legs.
