`Oppenheimer` won 7 Oscars, earning nearly billion dollars: What is the director’s remuneration?

(Dan Tri) – Currently, `Oppenheimer` has earned 960 million USD from the global box office.

Director Christopher Nolan received nearly 100 million USD for blockbuster `Oppenheimer`

According to some knowledgeable sources, the salary that director Christopher Nolan received from the Oppenheimer blockbuster reached nearly 100 million USD.

At the 2024 Oscars, Oppenheimer is the film that won the biggest victory when it took home 7 awards, including important awards such as Best Film – Director – Actor – Supporting Actor.

Director Christopher Nolan received 2 Oscars for Best Film and Best Director for the movie `Oppenheimer` (Photo: Daily Mail).

Oppenheimer has an R rating in the US film rating system, which requires viewers under 17 to be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.

But Oppenheimer is a movie that goes against all box office predictions.

From a number of well-informed sources, film news newspaper Variety (USA) said that director Christopher Nolan’s salary for making the blockbuster Oppenheimer amounted to nearly 100 million USD.

This number includes the film’s remuneration paid to the talented director, additional remuneration based on the percentage of film revenue achieved outside the box office, plus a bonus for Nolan because Oppenheimer won big at the Oscars.

Nolan’s compensation agreements are always negotiated with the studio by his lawyers and managers.

Director Christopher Nolan received the Golden Statue for Outstanding Director (Video: iTV).

Oppenheimer was made with a budget of 100 million USD.

After the film wins big at the Oscars, Oppenheimer will be re-screened in many cinema systems in the US.

Director Christopher Nolan stipulates that on set you cannot sit

In 2020, actress Anne Hathaway revealed director Christopher Nolan’s working rules, according to which he did not allow chairs to be placed on set.

The reason is because the director believes that people only really work when… standing.

Actress Anne Hathaway and director Christopher Nolan (Photo: Daily Mail).

Actress Anne Hathaway worked with director Nolan on the set of The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar (2014).

In an interview with Variety, Anne Hathaway said she had the strongest impression of director Christopher Nolan, because this director not only did not allow the use of phones on set, but also did not allow his collaborators to use them.

Anne Hathaway said: `Director Christopher Nolan does not allow chairs on set. I have worked with this director twice. The reason the director gave is because if there are chairs, people will like to sit.`

Anne Hathaway does not complain about director Nolan’s strict requirements on set, because according to her, this director has made excellent films that are both successful at the box office and well received by critics.

`When participating in a film project, everyone will be under pressure in terms of time and budget. Director Nolan has his own opinions around the chairs, I respect that,` Anne Hathaway shared.

Director Christopher Nolan (right) on the set of the movie `Oppenheimer` (Photo: Daily Mail).

Director Christopher Nolan (left) on the set of `Dunkirk` (Photo: Daily Mail).

Director Christopher Nolan also has constant fashion rules.

Explaining why he always wears this type of outerwear, director Nolan shared: `I’m used to constantly using jacket pockets. Only with this type of jacket do I feel comfortable. I also don’t like having to wear it.