Director
Christopher Nolan
12 films•2000–2026•Drama · Action · Thriller
86%average critics89%average audience$248.3Mdomestic average
Films
12
2000–2026
Domestic
$2.98B
lifetime
Worldwide
$7.68B
lifetime
Avg opening
$65.9M
3-day
Avg legs
3.75x
opening → total
Return
4.5x
on $1.71B of budget
Box Office Watch tracks 12 films directed by Christopher Nolan, from Memento (2000) to The Odyssey (2026), together grossing $2.98B domestic and $7.68B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Odyssey (2026) at $1.63B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to The Dark Knight Rises (2012) at $161.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Odyssey | 2026 | $123.5M | $590.6M | 4.80x | $1.63B | A | 96% | #2 |
 Oppenheimer | 2023 | $82.5M | $329.9M | 4.00x | $975.8M | A | 92% | #5 |
 Tenet | 2020 | $20.2M | $58.5M | 2.90x | $365.3M | B | 70% | #9 |
 Dunkirk | 2017 | $50.5M | $188.0M | 3.72x | $527.1M | A | 92% | #14 |
 Interstellar | 2014 | $47.5M | $188.0M | 3.96x | $642.5M | A- | 73% | #16 |
 The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | $161.0M | $448.0M | 2.79x | $1.08B | A | 87% | #2 |
 Inception | 2010 | $62.8M | $293.0M | 4.66x | $828.0M | B+ | 87% | #6 |
 The Dark Knight | 2008 | $158.0M | $533.0M | 3.37x | $1.00B | A | 94% | #1 |
 The Prestige | 2006 | $14.8M | $53.1M | 3.60x | $104.4M | — | 76% | — |
 Batman Begins | 2005 | $48.7M | $205.0M | 4.21x | $373.0M | A | 85% | #8 |
 Insomnia | 2002 | $20.9M | $67.4M | 3.22x | $114.0M | B | 92% | #40 |
 Memento | 2000 | $235K | $25.5M | 108.5x | $39.7M | — | 94% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.4 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
4.5x
$7.68B worldwide on $1.71B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.98BInternational $4.70B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven9.8x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#2All-time R domesticThe Odyssey$590.6M#4Biggest R openingsThe Odyssey$123.5M#6Biggest 8th weekendsThe Odyssey$13.1M#8All-time R domesticOppenheimer$326.7M#15Biggest R openingsOppenheimer$82.5M#15All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight$533.3M#17Best multipliersInception4.66x#19Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight Rises$160.9M#20Biggest PG-13 openingsThe Dark Knight$158.4M#20All-time PG-13 domesticThe Dark Knight Rises$448.1M
Top 10 of 23 placings across 15 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
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Week 30 · RecapThe Odyssey posts $90M on a 27% hold, best of Nolan's career; $289.4M in 10 days puts $500M in viewJuly 24–26, 2026
Week 29 · RecapThe Odyssey opens to $123.5M — Nolan's biggest debut outside the Dark Knight trilogyJuly 17–19, 2026
Week 32 · RecapBrand New Day’s $145M second weekend is third-biggest ever; Odyssey clears $1.1BAugust 7–9, 2026Comparisons
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