Oppenheimer becomes highest grossing WW2 film ever

Christopher Nolan’s epic film Oppenheimer has now made over half a billion dollars at the global box office, making it the highest grossing WW2 move of all time.

 The biopic stars Cork native Cillian Murphy, who portrays Robert J. Oppenheimer, an American physicist credited with being one of the most influential figures in the creation of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the conflict.

The movie’s total box office sales now sit at $552.9m, taking it beyond the previous leader in second world war films Dunkirk, which is at $527m.

Oppenheimer (Murphy) and Jane Tatlock (Pugh).

Despite this financial success, Oppenheimer still falls short of  Barbie, which passed a whopping $1billion last weekend.

The former has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike thus far.

“With several timelines (one shot in black and white), impressionistic imagery of waves and particles, camerawork that pans and tracks, a score that constantly soars and swells, Nolan is playing with perpetual motion maximalism,” said Roe McDermott, writing for Hot Press.

“It’s a testament to the sharp writing and editing that it remains vaguely cohesive and utterly engaging for its three hour runtime, though the relentless pace can leave the emotional impact and resonance of all the action without room to breathe," she added.

You can read the full review here.