"Oppenheimer" transformed Sunday’s Oscars ceremony from a competition into a coronation. Winning 7 out of 13 nominations—the most of any film this year—the atomic bomb biopic is 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. A rare critical and commercial success, "Oppenheimer" cements director Christopher Nolan’s status as the most bankable auteur in Hollywood.

One talent manager who represents A-listers puts it a different way: “He’s the biggest movie star in the world right now.”

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