The Irish Film Institute (IFI) has announced that Christopher Nolan's biographical epic Oppenheimer has become the highest grossing film for the IFI, screening on 70mm, 35mm, and Digital.
Oppenheimer has surpassed An Cailín Ciúin as the highest grossing film at the IFI’s box office. An Cailín Ciúin's 52 week run saw the film overtake Nolan's Dunkirk (which also screened on 70mm), as the previous holder of the title.
“The success of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at the IFI is a tribute to the director's ability to create mature, thought-provoking films that are best enjoyed and appreciated on the big screen, with an audience of fellow film fans,” said IFI Cinema Programmer Kevin Coyne, speaking on the box office milestone. “We are particularly pleased to be able to present the work of someone who is such an advocate for the cinema experience on this magnificent 70mm format, as he prefers.”
Nolan’s Oppenheimer, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus, follows physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and a team of scientists working on the Manhattan Project, which led to the creation of the first nuclear explosion. The ensemble cast includes Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Rami Malek.
Previous 70mm screenings at the IFI have included Joker, Phantom Thread and 2001: A Space Odyssey. A full list of these can be found here.
