‘Oppenheimer’ surpasses Queen film and becomes highest-grossing biopic

‘Oppenheimer’ surpasses Queen film and becomes highest-grossing biopic

Despite having achieved the new position, Christopher Nolan does not consider ‘Oppenheimer’ a biopic

Oppenheimer It is the highest-grossing biopic in the world. The film directed by Christopher Nolan raised more than US$912.7 million worldwide, surpassing Bohemian Rhapsodywhich reached US$910.8 million around the world (via NME).

Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 2018 and tells the story of Freddie Mercuryvocalist of queen. Rami Malekwhich also appears in Oppenheimerplays the main role.

However, Nolan made a point of highlighting previously that he does not consider Oppenheimer a biopic. In an interview with Omelethe said: “For me, this is a genre that doesn’t exist: if you try to tell the story of someone’s life in film, whether in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) or Citizen Kane (1941), and it is successful… no one calls his film a biopic anymore! It becomes an adventure or a drama or something.”

Oppenheimer it also became the most successful World War II-related film and is the third highest-grossing film of the year, behind only Barbie It is Super Mario Bros. The film.

Source: Rollingstone

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