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In an interview with the LA Times<\/a> discussing the book The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan<\/em><\/strong>, which is based on various aspects of his filmmaking career, Nolan candidly spoke on various topics including Tenet<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about his outlook of movies in a time where the Film making business is facing lots of challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he had this to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re talking about the acceleration of existing trends, that\u2019s something I started reading right at the beginning of the pandemic. And it ignores the reality that 2019 was the biggest year for theatrical films in history. They\u2019d made the most money. So to me, it\u2019s much more about: What\u2019s the new reality we\u2019re living in?<\/p>Christopher Nolan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nolan suggests that 2019 was a very good year from a financial point of view for the film industry as we saw movies like Joker<\/em>, Lion King<\/em>, and Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/em> cross the $1 billion threshold. We also witnessed the highest the highest-grossing movie of all time in Avengers: Endgame<\/em>. The director continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warner Bros. released \u201cTenet,\u201d and I\u2019m thrilled that it has made almost $350 million. But I am worried that the studios are drawing the wrong conclusions from our release\u2014that rather than looking at where the film has worked well and how that can provide them with much-needed revenue, they\u2019re looking at where it hasn\u2019t lived up to pre-COVID expectations and will start using that as an excuse to make exhibition take all the losses from the pandemic instead of getting in the game and adapting \u2014 or rebuilding our business, in other words.<\/p>Christopher Nolan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

His comments certainly make sense. Even though Tenet<\/em> earned $350 million through the box office, it failed to cross its break-even point since it was made on a budget of around 200 million. However, in these uncertain times, $350 million is much-needed revenue even for big studios like Warner Bros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Nolan is saying is studios shouldn’t compare box office figures to a pre-COVID time since that reality doesn’t exist at the moment. We can already see that studios looked at the collections of Tenet<\/em> and decided to keep shifting the release dates of blockbuster movies in hopes that they would make a pre-Covid level profit, which just cannot happen, as Nolan says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Long term, moviegoing is a part of life, like restaurants and everything else. But right now, everybody has to adapt to a new reality.”<\/p>Christopher Nolan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Studios need to figure out a creative way of releasing movies that were scheduled to release this year with a mix of cinema screenings and video on demand because the movies won\u2019t have the same level of anticipation and hype once a certain time period passes. For example, Wonder Woman 1984<\/em>, a movie that is finished and was scheduled to release in the summer, is constantly being delayed in hopes that it would earn a huge profit. As Nolan said, studios will have to adapt to the new reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think studios should do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: LA Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nNolan reveals his thoughts about Tenet’s Box office collections and what studios are doing in response to COVID-19.\n<\/div>\n
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