Oppenheimer has transformed this Sunday’s Oscars ceremony from a competition into a coronation. Assuming it sweeps the 96th Academy Awards—as oddsmakers are predicting— the atomic bomb biopic will be the highest-grossing Best Picture winner in 20 years and one of the highest ever (behind only Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and Titanic) with nearly $1 billion in global box office receipts. It’s the kind of rare critical and commercial success that will boost the careers of many involved, and for director Christopher Nolan, it cements his status as the most bankable auteur in Hollywood.

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