Nolan gets to make the movie he wants how he wants, and Universal more strongly positions itself as the biggest “not Disney” in theatrical exhibition. Chris Nolan’s “one for me” projects like Inception ($824 million), Interstellar ($677 million in 2014/2015) and Dunkirk ($529 million) were mostly well-liked and well-received hits which showed that Nolan was his own franchise and didn’t need an IP to get butts in seats.
