Christopher Nolan Backs Tenet Box Office Run: “Studios Are Drawing The Wrong Conclusions”

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Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was amongst the highly-anticipated films across the globe. Unfortunately, it suffered due to COVID- 19 pandemic and witness its release post theatres reopening in some regions. While there’s still a big chunk of the market that remains closed, trade experts and box office enthusiasts have declared the film as an underperformer.

Contrary to various such opinions, Nolan has backed his critically acclaimed film and said that he is thrilled with the box office performance. He said that critics need to look at the brighter picture that the film is attracting the audience despite corona scare.

Speaking to Los Angeles Times, Christopher Nolan said, “Warner Bros. released Tenet and I’m thrilled that it has made almost $350 million. I am worried that the studios are drawing the wrong conclusions from our release, that rather than looking at where the film has worked well and how that can provide them with much-needed revenue, they’re looking at where it hasn’t 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 or rebuilding our business, in other words.”

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