In the interests of avoiding any “box office bomb” puns in headlines, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has gone in the exact opposite direction and become the highest-grossing biopic of all time.
Oh well, at least I managed to get an “explodes expectations” pun in there.The Wrap reports that “Oppenheimer” will add an estimated $12 million to its global gross at the box office this weekend, reaching a running total of $912.7 million.
That easily takes it past the $903.6 million record set by “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 2018 — and it’s not done yet.
Nolan’s film has remained in the top 10 at the domestic box office for two months now, and this weekend will add an estimated $2.2 million from U.S.
and Canadian theaters, per Deadline. Whether or not “Oppenheimer” will become the first biopic to cross $1 billion at the box office remains to be seen.
Its momentum has slowed, in part due to…
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