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TIL that for new Oppenheimer movie Christopher Nolan wanted total creative control, 100-day theatrical window, $100 million budget, equal marketing spend, 20% of first-dollar gross, and a blackout period where the studio would not release another movie for three weeks before and after the feature.

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