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Oppenheimer Director Christopher Nolan Owns Immense Wealth Yet Keeps No Smartphone

Christopher Nolan makes a lot of money from his movies. He gets a base salary of $20 million plus a big chunk of the profits. For example, with Dunkirk, he got 20% of the money it made. Dunkirk earned $530 million, so Nolan got around $100 million extra.

People all over the world will have to agree that Christopher Nolan is one of the best movie directors ever. He’s famous for giving big hits like Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight, and Oppenheimer. In 2024, his movie Oppenheimer won seven awards at the Academy Awards. He’s both British and American. This has made him earn even more respect in the eyes of his fans.

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How Much Money Does Christopher Nolan Make?

Christopher Nolan makes a lot of money from his movies. He gets a base salary of $20 million plus a big chunk of the profits. For example, with Dunkirk, he got 20% of the money it made. Dunkirk earned $530 million, so Nolan got around $100 million extra.

This deal was the same for his other movies like Tenet and Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer made about $957 million. Nolan’s total worth is estimated to be around $250 million, making him one of the richest people in the movie business. Christopher Nolan lives simply and doesn’t use smartphones or email, as he mentioned in an interview. Instead, he uses a burner phone, which he got the idea for from the TV show The Wire.

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Back in 2002, Nolan and his wife bought a house for $1.1 million. Apart from making money from his movies, Nolan also does well as a film producer. He runs his own production company called Syncopy Inc. This company has helped make some really popular movies like The Prestige, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar.

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First published on: Mar 11, 2024 05:36 PM IST


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