Box Office Preview: 'Tenet' Launches Overseas in Key COVID-19 Era Test

Christopher Nolan's Tenet is struggling in North America — where moviegoing remains off limits in Los Angeles and New York City — but continues to impress overseas for an estimated global gross of $207 million through Sunday. Over the weekend, the pic earned an estimated $6.7 million domestically from 2,901 cinemas for a cume of $29.5 million.

Moviegoing audiences in North America are not rushing back to the theater just yet. In the second major weekend for U.S.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlinePeople who closely follow box office earnings have noticed a surprising lack of transparency surrounding ticket sales for “Tenet,” the $200 million-budgeted sci-fi epic from director Christopher Nolan that released last weekend in U.S. theaters.Since “Tenet” premiered, Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, has parceled out carefully selected breadcrumbs of data to reporters and rival studios.

has sells subscriptions to Disney’s news streaming service, Disney+.Only customers in China and a handful of other Asian countries are being given the chance to see the flick on the big screen. Everyone else must pay $30 or wait until Dec.

It’s been a while since we’ve done a serious box office report.

In a key moment for the ravaged box office, Christopher Nolan's Tenet launched domestically with $20.2 million over the long Labor Day weekend as more U.S. cinemas reopened in earnest after being shut for nearly six months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Amongst the films that took a gamble and released amidst the COVID-19 pandemic was Christopher Nolan's Tenet. After weeks of back and forth to set a release date, Tenet finally got the theatrical release that Nolan was adamant on.

We’re still nowhere near the point where a dedicated box office column on a Sunday makes sense. However, with Tenet now in U.S.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet added a further estimated $58.1M at the international box office this weekend, taking the overseas cume on the Warner Bros title to $126M after two sessions. With the time-bending film debuting in the U.S.

Nancy Tartaglione, Anthony D'Alessandro Christopher Nolan’s Tenet launched in the Middle Kingdom on Friday grossing RMB 62.3M, which included previews, translating into a $9.2M take. Pic’s day, at $8.6M, bested local epic The Eight Hundred which is estimated to have grossed $8.2M for a running total of $323.9M.It’s not certain yet if Tenet will best Eight Hundred for the top spot at China’s weekend box office.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione How seemingly fitting it is to have the box office prospects for a time-travel thriller like Warner Bros.’ Tenet changing in real-time.That’s not to say that opening weekend projections are going in reverse, rather the last minute reopenings of New Jersey, Maryland, and some parts of California are providing the commercial potential for the long-awaited Christopher Nolan-directed feature; a movie that represents on several levels, the hopeful comeback of

A sigh of relief swept through Hollywood on Aug. 28 when Warner Bros.

Naman Ramachandran As expected, Christopher Nolan’s keenly awaited “Tenet” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office over the past week, collecting £5,335,654 ($7.16 million), according to final numbers from Comscore.Warner Bros.

China's blockbuster war epic The Eight Hundred earned a healthy $69 million during its second weekend on Chinese screens, retaining the global box office crown over Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Tenet brought in $53 million-plus from 41 international markets, including Canada, according to Warner Bros.

In a major win for the moviegoing experience in the COVID-19 era, Christopher Nolan's Tenet grossed a better-than-expected $53 million-plus as it debuted internationally in 41 markets, including Canada. Among the grosses reported by Warner Bros., the U.K.

While it will never be known how much “Tenet” would have earned at the box office had it not debuted in the midst of a global pandemic, but early indications demonstrate that even COVID-19 can’t keep a blockbuster movie dowm.

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is debuting big! The film launched internationally over the weekend and brought in USD 53 million according to reports via Variety. “The sci-fi epic, long pegged as the film that would restart moviegoing after prolonged cinema closures, had the strongest start in the United Kingdom, where it made USD 7.1 million.