https://freerepublic.com/tag/wentblockbuster/ en-us Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:02:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4388729/posts There’s a short list of Hollywood directors who can turn practically anything into a massive global hit: Ryan Coogler, Greta Gerwig, James Cameron. But Christopher Nolan is in a class by himself. Of the eight movies he’s released since 2008, only one has failed to clear half a billion dollars at the box office, and even Tenet still managed to gross more than $300 million in the middle of a pandemic. He turned a three-hour biopic about a nuclear physicist into a nearly billion-dollar smash, and with The Odyssey notching Nolan’s biggest opening weekend yet, with $264 million worldwide, it’s... Slate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4388729/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:02:29 GMT