after trinity and after what happened in japan, he repositioned himself afterwards to try to figure out where he stood. it s a very unusual journey to take where you it s really interesting to play. i think it is much more human because none of us are clear cut, definitive in what we believe to be right all of the time. i want to ask you, christopher, about sort of the return of the summer blockbuster. we grew up raiders of the lost ark, back to the future, ghostbusters, empire strikes back. we have really moved away from that. i got a sense yesterday, for the first time, and that this is a movie and that is really going to drop people back. i think there is always a wonderful place in the culture for the big screen, for oppenheimer. i chose to shoot large format film, imax film.
medal is freedom is jim caviezel. i want to make a point, you re not going against that, is that correct? those are my brothers and sisters of sag. i support them, but we are not part of the amptp. we wanted to be but they didn t want any part of this film. sean: here s the thing. the film was made five years ago, based on a true story. in your first week out you blew away the new version of raiders of the lost ark with harrison ford. the second week, you did better, 37% increase in theaters, and far less theaters than all of the other movies over the first weekend. that means to me, jim caviezel, we have been friends a long time, word of mouth is echoing across the country. i found this to be a powerful movie that everybody needs to see.
my childhood always bring back memories, like walking into a movie theater with high school friends and watching summer classics like, i don t know, jaws, stevensville brings 1975 classic. one of my favorite summer movies of all-time, 1980 once raiders of the lost ark. of course, forrest gump came along in 1994, that classic. or marvel universe is smashed box if it s hit that my kids and i went to see together in ukraine in. the avengers, that was way back in 2012. the theater experience met more than really from the heat. it brought us together as communities, especially in small town venues, for a shared purpose, laughter, gasps, as billy joel one, said to covid dealt a blow to this cherished tradition, shattered the unity of these shared experiences. but filmmakers want you to know that they are back. along with the summer
jaws, steven spielberg s 1975 classic. one of my favorite summer movies of all-time, 1981 s raiders of the lost ark. of course, forrest gump came along in 1994, that classic. or marvel universe s smashed box office hit that my kids and i went to see together. the avengers, that was way back in 2012. the theater experience meant more than relief from the heat. it brought us together as communities, especially in small town venues, for a shared purpose, laughter, gasps, as billy joel one, said to covid dealt a blow to this cherished tradition, shattered the unity of these shared experiences. but filmmakers want you to know that they are back. along with the summer blockbuster. one of hollywood s most gifted directors, christopher nolin, has put together his latest movie, oppenheimer, with a clear message in mind. the cinematic experience is back and it s better than ever. it demands that the theater going public get back together and watch these movies on the grandest screen possible.
single bomb opened the age we now live in. after trinity and after what happened in japan, he repositioned himself afterwards to try to figure out where he stood. it s a very unusual journey to take where you it s really interesting to play. i think it is much more human because none of us are clear cut, definitive in what we believe to be right all of the time. i want to ask you, christopher, about sort of the return of the summer blockbuster. we grew up raiders of the lost ark, back to the future, ghostbusters, empire strikes back. we have really moved away from that. i got a sense yesterday, for the first time, and that this is a movie and that is really going to drop people back. i think there is always a wonderful place in the culture for the big screen, for oppenheimer. i chose to shoot large format film, imax film. we want to put the story on the biggest screen possible, bring people together and have them go through this man s extraordinary experiences. it was an extr