Christopher Nolan Walked Home With Roughly $100 Million for 'Oppenheimer,' Received Bonus for Oscars Win

Nolan won Best Director during the 96th Academy Awards, while his 12th directorial effort, 'Oppenheimer' won Best Picture.

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Christopher Nolan made bank with his latest blockbuster film, Oppenheimer.

After the film earned Nolan his first Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture, the UK director will take home upwards of $100 million for the film, Deadline reports. The total comes from his "salary, backend compensation, box-office escalators and a bonus for his twin Academy Awards," per the report.

Overall, the film scored seven Oscars on Sunday night, including Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and Best Original Score (Ludwig Göransson).

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Christopher Nolan and his wife and longtime producer, Emma Thomas, are finally Academy Award winners 🥹 pic.twitter.com/kLKISOQoIk

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After his Oscar-winning feats, speculation is that Nolan will attempt a remake of 1960 the series The Prisoner.

Christopher Nolan’s next film might be a remake of the 1960s TV series ‘THE PRISONER’.

He had already worked on the script several years ago, but had never managed to finish it.

The story follows a agent who resigns from his job but is kidnapped to a mysterious seaside village… pic.twitter.com/2oDOkAjbNe

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Warner Bros. and Universal are the two studios most likely to produce Christopher Nolan's next film.

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"To the Academy, movies are just a little bit over 100 years old,” Nolan said during his Best Director acceptance speech. “We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here. But to know that you think I’m a meaningful part of it means the world to me."

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