Box Office: Oppenheimer  Surpasses $700 Million Globally

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has surpassed $700 million at the global box office, becoming the fourth-highest grossing movie of the year.

After five weeks of release, the R-rated historical drama has generated $718 million at the worldwide box office, including $285 million in North America and $437 million internationally.

The film has outperformed “fast x” ($704 million) and “spider-man: across the spider-verse” ($686 million) and trails behind “the super Mario bros. Movie” ($1.35 billion), Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” ($1.279 billion) and marvel’s “guardians of the galaxy vol. 3” ($845 million).

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Those ticket sales also rank as Nolan’s fourth-biggest movie of all time, passing 2014’s “interstellar” ($715 million) and standing behind “the dark knight” ($1.006 billion), “the dark knight rises” ($1.08 billion) and “inception” ($837 million). It’s also the director’s highest-grossing release in 50 overseas markets, including Germany, India, Brazil and Saudi Arabia.