Tenet has taken $20.2m on its opening weekend of release in the US – an impressive haul despite being about $30m down on director Christopher Nolan’s opening weekend average.
The film has earned a “B” grade from Cinemascore, which asks exiting audience members to mark the film – Nolan’s lowest mark since The Prestige in 2006.
Internationally, the film – on release since 26 August – has now taken around $126m, some $30m of which was in China.
The figure, which takes in the long Labor Day weekend and includes previews in the US and Canada, makes for a strong result, given that 45% of US venues remain closed and those that are open have reduced capacity.