According to Variety, Dunkirk earned its No. 1 spot at the box office by taking in $50.5 million at 3,720 location.
Written and directed by Nolan, Dunkirk marks the 10th film in the esteemed filmmaker’s career.
The answer is unlikely considering Nolan is a rare filmmaker whose work transcends all genres and box office expectations.
Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk scored $50.5 million for a No. 1 opening at the domestic box office this weekend, while Luc Besson’s sci-fi opus Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets bombed with a mere $17 million in ticket sales.