Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has undoubtedly been the most awaited film of 2020. After much delays, this time-bending sci-fi espionage saga is now having gradual release in certain parts of the world. Will this $200M project live up to the expectations at the box office?
While Warner Bros. is staying silent on the BO number till Sunday, the predictions indicate towards returns in the range of $25-$40M during the international opening weekend. For the limited number of screens that too with limited seating capacity in just a few countries this looks like a pretty great number, but is it?
Under normal circumstances, a big budget Nolan movie usually has an opening weekend somewhere around or above $45-$50M. Going by that, if Tenet were to release worldwide in a non covid-19 scenario, would it have surpassed all the previous Nolan film opening records? Or is it just so because of the delays and non-normal situations that led to increased speculations?
Moreover, with the release happening in such a staggered format, opening weekends varying around the world and the film still not opening in some major markets like India, seems like these numbers are not even close to reflecting the correct estimate of the box office opening for Tenet.
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