Herr der Verboten
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Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.
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wbot
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How is it embarrassing if he still makes like a trillion dollars? And what if it's still the most watched and most successful movie in years?
Herr der Verboten
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I doubt the latter but it will still be watched - nolan name will help there, but maybe not numbers expected.
what does current data say for nolan movies: budget over box office over eye balls?
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Tenet was his only box office flop afaik.
Roo!
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For good reason
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Charlesjjm
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Think the AI needs updating:
Elon lying on twitter, say it ain't so?
This is what the AI said...
And Helen of Troy is not a lead character.
Roo!
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Both I guess, but mostly cos it sucked! teneTCovid or because it sucks?
Or both.
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Christopher Nolan β Last 5 Films: By The Numbers
Budget vs Box Office vs ROI vs Ratings
Budget vs Box Office vs ROI vs Ratings
1. Oppenheimer (2023)IMDb Page
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Runtime: 3h 00m | Rated: R
Financial Breakdown- Budget: $100,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $976,800,000
- Domestic: $330,100,000 | International: $646,700,000
- ROI: 877% β earned ~$9.77 for every $1 spent
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~93 million tickets
Ratings- IMDb: 8.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93% (Critics) | 91% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 90 / 100
2. Tenet (2020)IMDb Page
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 2h 30m | Rated: PG-13
Financial Breakdown- Budget: $205,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $365,300,000
- Domestic: $58,500,000 | International: $306,800,000
- ROI: 78% β failed to break even when factoring marketing costs
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~38 million tickets
Ratings- IMDb: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 70% (Critics) | 76% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 69 / 100
3. Dunkirk (2017)IMDb Page
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Runtime: 1h 46m | Rated: PG-13
Financial Breakdown- Budget: $100,000,000 β $150,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $530,000,000
- Domestic: $189,700,000 | International: $340,600,000
- ROI: ~430% (on $100M base) β comfortably profitable
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~62 million tickets
Ratings- IMDb: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 92% (Critics) | 81% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 94 / 100
4. Interstellar (2014)IMDb Page
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 2h 49m | Rated: PG-13
Financial Breakdown- Budget: $165,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $681,000,000 (original run) | $774,700,000 (with re-releases)
- Domestic: $188,000,000 | International: $493,000,000
- ROI: ~313% (original run)
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~88 million tickets (22M domestic confirmed)
Ratings- IMDb: 8.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (Critics) | 86% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 74 / 100
5. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)IMDb Page
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 2h 44m | Rated: PG-13
Financial Breakdown- Budget: $250,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $1,081,000,000
- Domestic: $448,100,000 | International: $632,900,000
- ROI: ~332% β crossed $1 billion worldwide
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~144 million tickets (55M domestic confirmed)
Ratings- IMDb: 8.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 87% (Critics) | 90% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 78 / 100
COMPARISON AT A GLANCE
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FILM | BUDGET | WW GROSS | ROI | IMDb | RT | MC
βββββββββββββββββββββββββ|ββββββββββ|βββββββββββββ|βββββββ|ββββββ|ββββββ|ββββ
The Dark Knight Rises | $250M | $1,081M | 332% | 8.4 | 87% | 78
Interstellar | $165M | $681M | 313% | 8.7 | 72% | 74
Dunkirk | $100M | $530M | 430% | 7.8 | 92% | 94
Tenet | $205M | $365M | 78% | 7.3 | 70% | 69
Oppenheimer | $100M | $977M | 877% | 8.2 | 93% | 90
CATEGORY WINNERS- Highest Gross: The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08B)
- Best ROI: Oppenheimer (877% β $100M budget into $977M)
- Lowest Budget: Dunkirk & Oppenheimer (tied at $100M)
- Highest IMDb: Interstellar (8.7)
- Highest RT Critics: Oppenheimer (93%)
- Highest Metacritic: Dunkirk (94)
- Most Tickets Sold: The Dark Knight Rises (~144M worldwide)
- Most Oscars: Oppenheimer (7 wins from 13 nominations)
- Biggest Flop (relative): Tenet (78% ROI β lost money after marketing)
KEY TAKEAWAYS- Nolan's two cheapest films ($100M each) β Dunkirk and Oppenheimer β delivered the best ROI by far.
- His two most expensive ($205M Tenet, $250M TDKR) show that bigger budgets don't guarantee better returns.
- Critics and audiences rarely agree: Interstellar scores lowest with critics (72% RT) but highest with audiences (8.7 IMDb). Dunkirk is the opposite β highest Metacritic (94) but lowest IMDb (7.8).
- Tenet is the clear outlier: lowest scores across all platforms and the only financial underperformer, though the pandemic was a massive factor.
- Oppenheimer is arguably his most complete success: lowest budget tier, near-billion gross, top-tier scores everywhere, and 7 Oscars.
Sources: Box Office Mojo, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Wikipedia. Worldwide admissions are estimates based on average global ticket prices for each release year. ROI calculated on production budget only (excludes marketing/P&A costs). Box office figures represent theatrical runs including limited re-releases where applicable.
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Found Dunkirk to be the worst of the lot, just didn't appeal to me although I assume some historians or world war fans would like it. Either way I would given Nolan money to make whatever he wants numbers clearly speak!
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Was a confusing mess of movie.Both I guess, but mostly cos it sucked! teneT
I think it's the only one of his movies I haven't finished, first 15 minutes put me off. Turned it off with the intent to come back to it, never did.
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Yeah hated Dunkirk as well. Found it extremely boring. Watched the far superior Hacksaw Ridge more or less at the same time. Far more my kind of war movie.
Much better indeed
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Most stats aside from overall budget are usually BS, because studios don't make marketing budgets public. So they make random-ass assumptions to come up with the 'ROI'.Christopher Nolan β Last 5 Films: By The Numbers
Budget vs Box Office vs ROI vs Ratings
IMDb Page
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Runtime: 3h 00m | Rated: R
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $976,800,000
- Domestic: $330,100,000 | International: $646,700,000
- ROI: 877% β earned ~$9.77 for every $1 spent
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~93 million tickets
Won 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor. Highest-grossing biographical film of all time. Third-highest-grossing R-rated film ever.
- IMDb: 8.2 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93% (Critics) | 91% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 90 / 100
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 2h 30m | Rated: PG-13
- Budget: $205,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $365,300,000
- Domestic: $58,500,000 | International: $306,800,000
- ROI: 78% β failed to break even when factoring marketing costs
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~38 million tickets
Released during COVID-19 pandemic β first major Hollywood film to open in theaters during lockdowns. Nolan's lowest-grossing film since The Prestige. Won Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards. Has since gained a cult following.
- IMDb: 7.3 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 70% (Critics) | 76% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 69 / 100
IMDb Page
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Runtime: 1h 46m | Rated: PG-13
- Budget: $100,000,000 β $150,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $530,000,000
- Domestic: $189,700,000 | International: $340,600,000
- ROI: ~430% (on $100M base) β comfortably profitable
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~62 million tickets
Won 3 Academy Awards (Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing). Nolan's first Best Director nomination. Highest-grossing WWII film at the time. Metacritic score of 94 is the highest of any Nolan film.
- IMDb: 7.8 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 92% (Critics) | 81% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 94 / 100
IMDb Page
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 2h 49m | Rated: PG-13
- Budget: $165,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $681,000,000 (original run) | $774,700,000 (with re-releases)
- Domestic: $188,000,000 | International: $493,000,000
- ROI: ~313% (original run)
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~88 million tickets (22M domestic confirmed)
Won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. IMDb 8.7 is the highest audience rating of any film on this list. Notable critic-vs-audience split: 72% RT critics vs 86% audience. 10th-anniversary IMAX re-release in 2024 added another $25M+ worldwide.
- IMDb: 8.7 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (Critics) | 86% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 74 / 100
IMDb Page
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 2h 44m | Rated: PG-13
- Budget: $250,000,000
- Worldwide Gross: $1,081,000,000
- Domestic: $448,100,000 | International: $632,900,000
- ROI: ~332% β crossed $1 billion worldwide
- Est. Worldwide Admissions: ~144 million tickets (55M domestic confirmed)
Nolan's highest-grossing film ever. Second Batman film to cross $1B (after The Dark Knight). Named to AFI's top 10 films of 2012. By far the most-watched Nolan film in terms of theater attendance.
- IMDb: 8.4 / 10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 87% (Critics) | 90% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 78 / 100
Code:FILM | BUDGET | WW GROSS | ROI | IMDb | RT | MC βββββββββββββββββββββββββ|ββββββββββ|βββββββββββββ|βββββββ|ββββββ|ββββββ|ββββ The Dark Knight Rises | $250M | $1,081M | 332% | 8.4 | 87% | 78 Interstellar | $165M | $681M | 313% | 8.7 | 72% | 74 Dunkirk | $100M | $530M | 430% | 7.8 | 92% | 94 Tenet | $205M | $365M | 78% | 7.3 | 70% | 69 Oppenheimer | $100M | $977M | 877% | 8.2 | 93% | 90
- Highest Gross: The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08B)
- Best ROI: Oppenheimer (877% β $100M budget into $977M)
- Lowest Budget: Dunkirk & Oppenheimer (tied at $100M)
- Highest IMDb: Interstellar (8.7)
- Highest RT Critics: Oppenheimer (93%)
- Highest Metacritic: Dunkirk (94)
- Most Tickets Sold: The Dark Knight Rises (~144M worldwide)
- Most Oscars: Oppenheimer (7 wins from 13 nominations)
- Biggest Flop (relative): Tenet (78% ROI β lost money after marketing)
- Nolan's two cheapest films ($100M each) β Dunkirk and Oppenheimer β delivered the best ROI by far.
- His two most expensive ($205M Tenet, $250M TDKR) show that bigger budgets don't guarantee better returns.
- Critics and audiences rarely agree: Interstellar scores lowest with critics (72% RT) but highest with audiences (8.7 IMDb). Dunkirk is the opposite β highest Metacritic (94) but lowest IMDb (7.8).
- Tenet is the clear outlier: lowest scores across all platforms and the only financial underperformer, though the pandemic was a massive factor.
- Oppenheimer is arguably his most complete success: lowest budget tier, near-billion gross, top-tier scores everywhere, and 7 Oscars.
Sources: Box Office Mojo, IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Wikipedia. Worldwide admissions are estimates based on average global ticket prices for each release year. ROI calculated on production budget only (excludes marketing/P&A costs). Box office figures represent theatrical runs including limited re-releases where applicable.
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OrbitalDawn
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I'm surprised Elon found time in his busy day
Elon lying on twitter, say it ain't so?
unhinged ketamine-fueled tweets supporting white nationalism and how poor people shouldn't be allowed to vote