Christopher Nolan earned close to $100 million for his work on the Oscar-winning powerhouse Oppenheimer
After earning seven Academy Awards for his latest opus, Oppenheimer, details about Christopher Nolan’s payday for the atomic bomb drama are blowing up online. According to Variety‘s exclusive report, Nolan banked nearly $100 million as the project’s director, writer, and producer. This nice chunk of change represents a combined total from multiple sources, including the filmmaker’s salary, backend compensation, box-office escalators, and a bonus for his twin Academy Awards.
On Sunday night at the 96th Academy Awards ceremony, Oppenheimer took home prizes for the following awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema), Best Editing (Jennifer Lame), and Best Original Score (Ludwig Göransson). The film’s combined accolades will bump Christopher Nolan up the Hollywood ladder as a filmmaker to chase when his next project comes about. While Nolan was already one of the industry’s most in-demand talents, his multiple Oscar wins boosted his cache even higher, making him a formidable force in filmmaking.
Christopher Nolan and his talented team made Oppenheimer on a production budget of $100 million. The historical drama earned $958 million worldwide, making the film a monumental money-earner and then some. Who wouldn’t want to work with Nolan after a return like that? The total earnings are even more impressive considering the film’s R rating and three-hour runtime. Many people don’t want to sit in a theater that long, but they listen when Nolan recommends that people see his movies in theaters. Oppenheimer also added money to its coffers by pushing movie buffs to own physical film copies. Oppenheimer quickly sold out in the United States, calling for the distributor to press more copies immediately.
As for what’s next for Nolan, it’s a mystery. However, some think his next project is a remake of the mystery-thriller The Prisoner, based on the 1960s TV series created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. Nolan was attached to a Prisoner project in 2009, but the project disappeared when AMC released a six-part miniseries starring Jim Caviezel.
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