Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster sci-fi space thriller Interstellar is celebrating its 10th anniversary by re-entering the top five at the domestic box office this weekend with an expected $4 million.

“Interstellar has excellent box office”

It grossed $681 million in its initial theatrical release in 2014. Interstellar Currently, the fifth re-release sits at $736 million.

It’s no surprise that WBD chose to re-release this year, at a time when so many studios – Warner included – have pulled new productions from the release calendar given the decline in theatrical sales predicted for 2024. It fills the available multiplex screens with previous blockbusters that can attract viewers with minimal investment, while also giving people the opportunity to see films that they missed the first time around but want to experience in a cinema setting.

In fact, earlier this year we saw the iconic and eternally influential 1979 sci-fi horror film Foreigner Return to cinemas and briefly enter the box office top 10 as well as other new releases including The Lord of the Rings The trilogy also received great attention from audiences.

So if you’re looking for something other than the latest holiday family releases, e.g Moana And Evil on the big screen, Interstellar is exactly the kind of film that rewards watching it in the cinema – with 70mm prints and premium screens offering showings, I highly recommend you catch Nolan’s mind-bending sci-fi epic in the cinema while you can.

Interstellar received five Oscar nominations, including Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects. It won the Oscar for its impressively in-depth, photorealistic visual effects, including Kip Thorne’s impressive work helping the effects team create an accurate depiction of a black hole (the process and visual effects actually helped Thorne develop new ideas about black holes to win, which he later published in scientific papers).

Interstellar Legacy continues

You can see Interstellar Influences on Denis Villeneuve dune Films, with a strong emphasis on grounded, realistic visual depictions of not only space travel, but also the more speculative and fantastical moments – all on an incredible scale.

As well Interstellar wowed Hollywood voters a decade ago and took home the award for its visual effects at the 87th ceremony in 2021 dune also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 94th Academy Awards. And Dune: Part Two is currently the favorite to take home the statuette in this category at the upcoming 97th ceremony (Sunday, March 2, 2025).

Ad Astra in 2019 and First man in 2018, both also reflected the visual and tonal approach to visual effects found in “Interstellar”, particularly the grounded scientific realism presented on a large scale and, for the most part, featuring minimal dialogue and reduced ambient noise.

First man won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards. But Ad Astra was passed over for a visual effects nod – a decision that I think will be viewed as controversial in retrospect The Irishman And The Lion King both get VFX nods instead.

Interstellar returns to the box office as Christopher Nolan plots his next film, with casting announcements and plenty of speculation circulating in the entertainment press and among the filmmaker’s dedicated fanbase (myself included, of course). Scheduled for release on July 17, 2026, Nolan has signed the project to Universal and has already signed Luptia Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.

Interstellar receives Anniversary Edition home release

In addition to a return to theaters and the box office charts, Interstellar is looking to climb back into the home entertainment charts with a new 10th anniversary 4K UHD box set that includes more than two additional hours of content. PEOPLE had the exclusive reveal of the new set and release details.

Fans and cinephiles have most likely already received home versions of the film. But this is a collector’s version with additional bonus content and is for viewers who haven’t owned it yet but either (a) want to finally see it at home for the first time or (b) saw it during the theatrical release. release and now ready to take it home, Interstellar could do some pretty solid business.

The holiday season will undoubtedly boost Interstellar’s chances of a soft landing on the domestic charts next week and over the holidays, and the re-release itself serves as a nice additional promotion that actually turns a profit.

Interstellar remains in theaters all week and is expected to top $6 million by the end of its limited run. But if it overperforms or other competitors seem weak, there’s always a chance Interstellar could stay longer and make it to $10 million. However, that’s probably high-end and unlikely, and a $5-6 million deal is the most likely at this point.