This just goes to show that if people really want to see a movie, no matter how old it might be, then they will go out of their way to catch it theatrically.
Christopher Nolan’s 2014 space opera, “Interstellar,” has been raking in the cash ever since it was re-released, in very limited fashion, on Friday. In five days, the Matthew McConaughey-Anne Hathaway-Jessica Chastain blockbuster, released in 2014, has made $7.5M, and that’s just in 165 theaters nationwide.
It’s come to the point where tickets for “Interstellar” are being listed on secondary markets for as much as $215 a pop after all screenings sold out. If you remember, a similar success occurred earlier this year when Henry Selick’s “Coraline” was re-released and managed to rack up $12M over just a single weekend, albeit in many more screens.
“Interstellar” was not met with raves about when it came out — only 73% on Rotten Tomatoes — but its stock has considerably risen these last 10 years, and many believe it to be one of, if not the best movie Nolan has ever made. One look at the IMDB Top 250 and you notice “Interstellar” has an incredible 8.6 rating; that’s good enough for 25th place on the site’s popular all-time list.
Last year, a poll of over 5000 Nolan fans had “Interstellar” named as the filmmaker’s best film. Yet, critics are still not budging; a Nolan critics poll I conducted around a year ago had “Interstellar” finishing way down at #7.
I’ll have to side with the audience on this one. I was impressed by “Interstellar” when I first saw it — it’s this flawed, but incredibly ambitious film and has these absolutely jaw-dropping sequences spread throughout its near 3-hour runtime. I’m thinking particularly of the moment when McConaughey’s Cooper falls into a black hole that allows him to travel through time and space.
I’d love to read your thoughts on “Interstellar.” Has it stood the test of time?