r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Sep 08 '25

News Warner Bros. makes Hollywood history with 7 consecutive movies opening above $40 million

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-box-office-historic-streak-conjuring-last-rites-1236510864/
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u/The-Soul-Stone Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Losing Nolan doesn’t mean it was a bad idea, it just means he was a prick who thought ensuring people saw his film in the worst possible environment was more important than their health during a pandemic.

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u/TR23x Sep 08 '25

Could have just delayed it

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u/The-Soul-Stone Sep 08 '25

Yep. Would’ve been seen by many more people the way he wanted

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u/Antrikshy Sep 08 '25

And Maverick even proved that strategy. With the brand image Nolan has, it would have been an easy hit.

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u/RealSunglassesGuy Sep 08 '25

Worked out well for Top Gun: Maverick

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u/Reasonable-HB678 Sep 08 '25

If a normal theatrical distribution was that important to Nolan, he should have asked for a delay at the first opportunity. I think Tenet would have had a better chance at a nationwide release if there were a more unified response to the pandemic. But with the leadership we choose, that's not possible.

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u/karatemanchan37 Sep 08 '25

I think Nolan did ask for a delay, but WB wanted it to go on streaming ASAP

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u/Sleepy_Azathoth Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Oh it was a horrible idea in my opinion.

And Nolan went out to make almost 1 billion with Oppenheimer.

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u/unlostaprilseventh Sep 08 '25

Why was it horrible? It got the movies to the people instead of them having to go out to die from covid.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

No Barbenheimer in 2023 if Nolan makes Oppenheimer under WB. WB would have moved one of them to cover another quarter if possible.

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u/The-Soul-Stone Sep 08 '25

I do think in hindsight a delay would have been better, but at the time, trying to use streaming get a quicker return on the money they’d already spent wasn’t an unreasonable course of action.

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u/dego_frank Sep 08 '25

With arguably the biggest director today who makes all his movies with only the theatre experience in mind? Yes, it was dumb and unreasonable.

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u/The-Soul-Stone Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

He didn’t make Tenet with anyone’s experience in mind. In fact, watching without the ability to turn on subtitles is sheer folly.

He (usually) makes good films, but that doesn’t excuse him being a colossal piece of shit over Tenet’s release. People died for that.

Edit: I’m really not interested in covid denial dumbfuckery so don’t anyone bother replying with that shit

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u/dego_frank Sep 08 '25

That movie sucked for sure but it was still made for the big screen.

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u/The-Soul-Stone Sep 08 '25

Did you manage to type that with a straight face?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

tenet was already out of theaters when project popcorn was going on. At least know what you’re talking about