Theaters are closed, so these are the movies everyone is bingeing right now instead

[Andy Meek]

• Our list of the most-watched movies this week has the Christopher Nolan epic Inception at the top of the list.
• The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is now 10 years old as of July, a milestone that comes as audiences around the world are awaiting the release of Nolan's next big feature film, Tenet.
• The coronavirus pandemic has kept theaters closed for months, with new movies either having been delayed or shifted their release strategy to streaming services.

It's hard to believe this much time has passed, but director Christopher Nolan's masterpiece Inception just hit the 10-year mark -- a milestone that Warner Bros. has commemorated with a newly released anniversary trailer ahead of a return of Inception to theaters. That anniversary, however, may only partly explain why this movie (which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who sneaks into the subconscious of various targets) is at the top of our list of the most-watched movies across all the major video platforms this week.

If you ask me, this may also be attributable to the fact that anticipation for Nolan's next theatrical release, Tenet, is reaching a fever pitch, with ticket sales having begun in recent days in the UK ahead of an international rollout of the film later this month. Such an international release, of course, shuts out a huge chunk of American audiences since theaters in most of the country remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. So, are streaming audiences contenting themselves for now with a re-watch of one of Nolan's most recent big-screen epics?

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