It very much depends on China and South Korea. Two markets that loved Interstellar, less so Dunkirk.
Very hard to say if those market will like the film. Those are two of the countries that suffered the most because of the Japanese army. South Korea is also a country that lives in constant fear of nuclear war.
China/South Korea:
Inception: 71/73=144
Interstellar: 139/133=272 (second release in SK included)
Dunkirk: 51/23=84
Oppenheimer shoul be between 625 & 725 millions without these markets.
It very much depends on China and South Korea. Two markets that loved Interstellar, less so Dunkirk.
Very hard to say if those market will like the film. Those are two of the countries that suffered the most because of the Japanese army. South Korea is also a country that lives in constant fear of nuclear war.
China/South Korea:
Inception: 71/73=144
Interstellar: 139/133=272 (second release in SK included)
Dunkirk: 51/23=84
Oppenheimer shoul be between 625 & 725 millions without these markets.
In South Korea, about 90k+ Plf screen tickets have been sold (T-11); about 60% of Doctor Strange 2 ((T-11) which lead to 14.5 M Opening weekend).
And presales for the standard screens are about to start around T-7.
She’s poised to make around $55M in her third weekend, with Oppenheimer ringing in at least another $23M+; all of this spelling for a 3-day box office marketplace that will be exceedingly well north of last year’s $92M for the first weekend of August. The Christopher Nolan directed movie earned $5.58M yesterday at 3,647 theaters taking its two-week total to $199.86M.
Universal’s Oppenheimer will hold on to third place at 3,612 theaters with a $7.8M third Friday (-42%), and third weekend of $27M, -42%, sending its running total by Sunday to $226.8M. Pic is director Christopher Nolan’s fourth highest domestic besting Batman Begins and Dunkirk. It’s also the highest grossing R-rated film of 2023 domestically ahead of John Wick Chapter 4 ($187.1M). Oppenheimer also reps the fastest Universal R-rated release to cross $200M in U.S./Canada, taking 15 days. Previous R-rated $200M Uni champ was Ted, which took 37 days to that benchmark.
Looks like Oppy will pass Dunkirk's inflation-adjusted total of $220M domestic by end of Sunday. Also looks like it will pass Dunkirk's worldwide total of $530M pretty soon as well. Cruising along nicely.
I just hope the movie has enough juice to get past $300 million domestic. That would be a pretty cool accomplishment.
It might - especially since it looks like the trend of movies this summer (besides Oppenheimer and Barbie) underperforming at the box office is going to continue. As everyone has said before, Nolan's movies always have great legs. The potential lack of strong upcoming competition means it may continue to make solid bank over the next few weeks.
