Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan's new movie "Tenet" garnered around $20.2 million in the US over Labor Day weekend. Usually, Nolan's movies make around $50m during an opening weekend but around 45% of the country's film venues remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Domestically, while our results show positive like-for-like theatre indicators compared to previous films such as Dunkirk, there is literally no context in which to compare the results of a film opening during a pandemic with any other circumstance. We are in unprecedented territory, so any comparisons to the pre-COVID world would be inequitable and baseless," Warner Bros said in a statement.

Warner Bros. has removed 'Tenet' from its release calendar. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller was set to hit theatres on August 12 but the company cited "continued uncertainty," to vacate the date.

Toby Emmerich, chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said: "Our goals throughout this process have been to ensure the highest odds of success for our films while also being ready to support our theater partners with new content as soon as they could safely reopen,".

Theatrical release of Christopher Nolan's new espionage movie "Tenet" has been delayed further and is set to hit theatres on August 12. The film's release date had been pushed to July 31 from July 17 just a few weeks ago. A spokesperson of Warner Bros. said that they are "committed to bringing 'Tenet' to audiences in theaters, on the big screen, when exhibitors are ready and public health officials say it’s time."

Toby Emmerich, the chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group has announced that Christopher Nolan's movie Tenet will be delayed from July 17th to July 31st but still be released in theatres despite the trend to just digitally release movies during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, Warner Bros. has announced in a tweet that the theatre release of Wonder Woman 1984 has been moved to October 2nd.