Director
Christopher NolanFollow
13 films•1999–2026•Drama · Action · Crime
Avg critics87%
Avg audience88%
Avg domestic$233.3M
Domestic
$3.03B
Lifetime
Worldwide
$7.83B
Lifetime
Avg opening
$60.8M
3-day
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Odyssey | 2026 | $123.5M | $623.1M | 5.00x | $1.78B | A | 96% | #2 |
 The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.4M | $536.6M | 3.39x | $1.01B | A | 94% | #1 |
 The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $160.9M | $448.1M | 2.78x | $1.08B | A | 87% | #2 |
 Oppenheimer | 2023 | $82.5M | $330.1M | 4.00x | $983.1M | A | 92% | #5 |
 Inception | 2010 | $62.8M | $293.0M | 4.66x | $828.0M | B+ | 87% | #6 |
 Batman Begins | 2005 | $48.7M | $205.3M | 4.22x | $356.8M | A | 85% | #8 |
 Interstellar | 2014 | $47.5M | $204.5M | 4.30x | $642.5M | A- | 73% | #16 |
 Dunkirk | 2017 | $50.5M | $188.0M | 3.72x | $527.1M | A | 92% | #14 |
 Insomnia | 2002 | $20.9M | $67.4M | 3.22x | $114.0M | B | 92% | #40 |
 Tenet | 2020 | $20.2M | $58.5M | 2.90x | $365.3M | B | 70% | #9 |
 The Prestige | 2006 | $14.8M | $53.1M | 3.60x | $104.4M | — | 76% | — |
 Memento | 2000 | $235K | $25.5M | 16.3x | $39.7M | — | 94% | — |
 Following | 1999 | $2K | $48K | 7.40x | $0.2M | — | 87% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
0$500M$1B$1.5B
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.2 years
Profitability
Return on budget
4.6x
$7.83B worldwide on $1.71B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs international split
Domestic $3.03BInternational $4.80B
Return by film
Worldwide ÷ budget0x2.5x breakeven19.7x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget, and streaming releases with no real theatrical run, are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records#1Best second-weekend holds ($100M+ openers)The Odyssey−27.1%#1Biggest grossers never #1Oppenheimer$330.1M#2All-time R domesticThe Odyssey$623.1M#2Biggest openings not at #1Oppenheimer$82.5M#4Biggest R openingsThe Odyssey$123.5M#6Biggest July openingsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#7All-time R domesticOppenheimer$330.1M#7Biggest July openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#9Biggest superhero filmsThe Dark Knight$536.6M#10Biggest grossers never #1Interstellar$204.5M
Top 10 of 39 placings across 24 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full scheduleNo upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Series
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
Related news
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Week 30 · RecapThe Odyssey posts $90M on a 27% hold, best of Nolan's career; $289.4M in 10 days puts $500M in viewJuly 24–26, 2026
Week 29 · RecapThe Odyssey opens to $123.5M — Nolan's biggest debut outside the Dark Knight trilogyJuly 17–19, 2026
Week 32 · RecapBrand New Day’s $145M second weekend is third-biggest ever; Odyssey clears $1.1BAugust 7–9, 2026
