Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Oppenheimer has surpassed another superhero blockbuster to become the third-biggest movie of the year. The latest masterpiece from visionary director Christopher Nolan chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer , the theoretical physicist who directed the development of the atomic bomb and suffered immense political and personal fallout.
Now, over a month after its release, Oppenheimer's box office total has set another significant milestone. Per Box Office Mojo, Oppenheimer has surpassed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to become the third highest-grossing movie at the 2023 worldwide box office. At the time of writing, Oppenheimer has grossed $854,078,950 worldwide, surpassing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3's $845,536,306. Oppenheimer still sits well behind Barbie and The Super Mario Bros.
Putting Oppenheimer's Box Office Success In Context Oppenheimer's box office success is even more impressive considering that it's an R-rated movie, which naturally reduces the size of the audience able to see it in theaters, compared to Marvel's PG-13 superhero movies which are marketed to the masses. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Related: Barbie & Oppenheimer's $2 Billion Box Office Is Going To Teach All The Wrong Lessons To Hollywood In terms of the highest-grossing R-rated movies of all time, Oppenheimer recently passed Deadpool 2 and sits behind another comic book movie, Joker, for the number one spot, which grossed over $1 billion in 2019. With Nolan's latest blockbuster nearing the end of its phenomenal box office run, it's likely that it will stay in the second place spot behind Joker on the R-rated list, and third place behind Barbie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie in terms of the 2023 box office.
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