Expectations weren't high, and then the movie came out.
The Big Picture Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas has revealed that, while the movie went on to gross over $900 million and counting, initial expectations for the film were much more tempered and conservative. Thomas, who is married to Nolan, has been the producer behind all of Nolan's films, starting with the short film Doodlebug. Their collaborative journey, from Memento and The Prestige to Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk has consistently defied traditional box office expectations.
“Chris has always made films that challenge audiences,” Thomas said to the Associated Press. “He has faith in his audiences and, generally, they’ve met him where he is," adding that the "pipe dream" would be for the film to somehow beat Dunkirk's opening weekend gross of $50.5 million, which drew just more than Interstellar's $47.5 million. As it turned out, the film made $80.
Thomas couldn't hide her delight at seeing the film continue to do well, particularly with age groups that she feels may have been dismissed unfairly or neglected by film studios, particularly teenagers. Revealing that, after taking her teenage kids to see Theater Camp on a Friday evening a month after Oppenheimer's release, she saw a full auditorium playing her film, she found it especially pleasing to see the film reaching all kinds of audiences.
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