In this decade Christopher Nolan has become of master of the epic event movie. Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises are among some of the most acclaimed films of all time and the latter three grossed around $3 billion between them. Nolan’s new work, a space exploration blockbuster titled Interstellar with an all star cast led by Matthew MacConaughey and Anne Hathaway, should therefore be a commercial goldmine but a 170 minute runtime and the complications of modern physics might be enough to throw off mainstream American audiences, who may well opt for Disney’s charming new animation Big Hero 6. Last week we suspected that Nolan would we but we’d better see what occurs at the box-office.
US:
- Big Hero 6 – Director: Don Hall, Chris Williams – $56.2 million
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan – $47.5 million
- Gone Girl – David Fincher – $6.2 million
- Ouija – Stiles White $5.9 million
- Fury – David Ayer – $5.6 million
UK:
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan – £5.4 million
- Mr Turner – Mike Leigh – £1 million
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Jonathan Liebesman – £0.7 million
- Gone Girl – David Fincher – £0.7 million
- Fury – David Fincher – £0.7 million
Nolan’s work has arrived in second but still with a greatly healthy $50 million. Based on this, it ought to surpass $500 million worldwide. Disney’s follow up to the billion dollar Frozen has won the weekend but I think will eventually lose to Interstellar. Gone Girl has leapt up a place and taken its total to over $300 million globally. This week has proved that the UK might be less alienated by Interstellar’s advanced scientific themes but it’s most surprising that biopic Mr Turner has risen to second place after a bumpy start last week. This week I’ve scored 3/10.
US:
- Dumb and Dumber To – Bob and Peter Farrelly
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan
- Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams
- Foxcatcher – Bennett Miller
- Gone Girl – David Fincher
UK:
- Interstellar – Christopher Nolan
- The Imitation Game – Morten Tyldum
- Mr Turner – Mike Leigh
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Jonathan Liebesman
- Gone Girl – David Fincher
The characters of Scott Adsit and Ryan Potter in Big Hero 6, this week’s US number one.
Matthew MacConaughey, Anne Hathaway and David Gyasi in Interstellar, this week’s UK number one.
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