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Tenet(2020)
Released
2020 · FILM

Tenet

A rogue CIA operative is thrust into a mind-bending war against time itself when he's recruited by a secret organization fighting a Russian oligarch who can communicate with the future.

“Time runs out.”

Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Written by
Christopher Nolan
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Format
Shot on 35mm film
Runtime
150 min
ActionSci-FiThriller

Synopsis

Guided by a single word—Tenet—and driven by the need to save the world, the Protagonist navigates a shadowy landscape of global espionage on a mission that transcends conventional time.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 290+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jennifer LameShot by Hoyte Van HoytemaScored by Ludwig GoranssonDesigned by Nathan Crowley

Box Office

2020 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$365.3M

Budget$205.0M
Worldwide gross$365.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $58.5M — 16% of worldwide · International: $306.8M (84%)

Opening weekend: $7.6M — 13% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $7.6M — 13% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,810 theaters

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  • Tenetde

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