Christopher Nolan Just Pointed Out A Major Disney Problem That’s 14 Years In The Making

Christopher Nolan’s comments about the box office success of Oppenheimer highlight a major problem with the failing strategies of Hollywood studios – especially Disney. After being released alongside Barbie on July 21, Oppenheimer became an unprecedented blockbuster hit with a worldwide gross of $948 million (via Box Office Mojo). It didn’t quite make it to a billion like The Dark Knight movies, but that’s still a very impressive figure for a three-hour R-rated biopic of a scientist. Movies about historical figures talking usually don’t make much of a splash at the box office, let alone become one of the highest-grossing movies of the year.