4 Days Before Release, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer Has Already Sold 2 Lakh Tickets In India
Cillian Murphy starrer Oppenheimer is all set to be released in India on July 21 and the Hollywood movie has sold 2 lakhs tickets four days before its release.
The excitement level of fans is on the rise! It's a Christopher Nolan film after all. The man who is known for delivering cinematic excellence on screen is back with another film, a biography on American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer that explores why the world's first nuclear weapon was created during world war 2.
Oppenheimer has sold 2 lakhs tickets in India
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As per a report on Pinkvilla, about 2 lakh tickets have already been sold in PVR and IMAX alone. The frenzy is on to another level.
3 AM shows have been added to whet fans' appetites.
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More than 15,000tkts in advance have been sold at @Imax sites in India for #Oppenheimer... the fervor is such that few sites are even planning shows as early as 3.30am ... this craze is gonna increase by each passing day ????????????#ChristopherNolan #IMAX pic.twitter.com/alK5eHk1aO
¡ª Girish Johar (@girishjohar) July 9, 2023
Looking at the enormous demand for the film, several cinema chains have included 3 am shows as well. Earlier, Hollywood films like Avatar: The Way Of Water and some of the Marvel films have also seen such frenzy in India.
The advance booking for Oppenheimer began earlier this month. The film is slated to release on July 21.
Cillian Murphy, who is renowned for his role in Peaky Blinders, is playing the titular role.
? Cillian Murphy getting THE #Oppenheimer call from Christopher Nolan must've been like getting an All Ireland call up ??@DermotTodayFM @DaveTodayFM @CathalMinogue pic.twitter.com/LIpIwSJdAd
¡ª Today FM ? (@TodayFM) July 17, 2023
Recalling receiving a call from Nolan, Murphy said in a statement, ¡°Phone call from Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer was unforgettable. It's 20 years since I first met Chris, but even at that point, I was a fan, because I had seen Memento and Insomnia."
Murphy¡¯s first encounter with Nolan was auditioning for Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, a part which ultimately went to Christian Bale.
Cillian Murphy played Scarecrow in BATMAN BEGINS but originally screen tested for the title role... pic.twitter.com/2FefwcohbC
¡ª All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) May 31, 2023
"To get to meet Chris for that movie¡ªwhich, personally, I always thought was an absurd idea; me playing Batman! ¡ªwas huge for me. But that meeting led to the character of Scarecrow, and an extraordinary working experience. My feeling ever since has been, if Christopher Nolan asks you to do something, no matter what the size of the part, you just turn up. I was not expecting him to call and ask me to play Oppenheimer. But he did. When I got off the phone, I just sat there rather stunned. I felt very lucky. And then we got to work,¡± he added.
Oppenheimer features a stellar cast including Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
Also Read: 'Inception' & 'Oppenheimer' Director Christopher Nolan Explains Why He Doesn't Use A Smartphone
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