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Oppenheimeris setting fire to the big screen again.
IMAX announced that the Christopher Nolan film will make a return to IMAX screens next week after grossingover $900 millionat the worldwide box office.
The film will start its limited IMAX run again on Friday, Nov. 3 at IMAX locations worldwide, including six of its 70mm screen locations in Hollywood, San Francisco, Irvine, Calif., New York, U.K. and Australia.
IMAX new poster for ‘Oppenheimer’ limited IMAX release.
The company said that the World War II biopic about theoretical physicist and Manhattan Project scientistJ. Robert Oppenheimergrossed over $183 million from IMAX screenings, making the film its “fourth highest grossing IMAX release of all time.” It also said that the film helped the company reach its “highest grossing summer in 54 countries,” which included the U.S. and China.
The huge success for Nolan’s film was in part due to the fan-coined “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, which was born on July 21 whenOppenheimerandBarbiereleased on the same day. The two films fueled the best single weekend at the box office of this year, according toBox Office Mojo.
TheGreta Gerwig-helmedBarbiepreviously got its ownone-week limited rereleasein IMAX theaters beginning on Sept. 22 aftersurpassing $1 billionat the worldwide box office. In a statement, Gerwig, 40, said that audience enthusiasm forBarbiearound the globe since its release in July “has been overwhelming, humbling, and deeply moving.”
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Oppenheimerbroke its own records, raking in $82.4 million andpropelling AMC Theatres— the nation’s largest movie theater chain — to itshighest weekly admissions revenuein the company’s history.
Without adjusting for inflation, the film is Nolan’s most lucrative global release since 2012’sThe Dark Knight Rises, which surpassed the global $1 billion threshold.
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