Okwesithathu kaSepthemba kungukuthi "impikiswano" ayiphumanga hhayi eRussia kuphela, kodwa nase-United States. Kusukela ehlobo, okusalungiswa okusha uChristopher Nolan kwathola isimo saleyo filimu, ukukhishwa kwawo okuzokhombisa ukubuya komkhakha wamafilimu ukuphila ngemuva kwesizinda sobhubhane lweCoronavirus. Kodwa-ke, i-Covid-19 ayikahlulwa, ngakho-ke ezinsukwini zokuqala zempikiswano "yokuqasha" yathola abambalwa. Njengoba intatheli yaseHollywood ibika, e-US, isithombe okwamanje siqoqe ama- $ 20.2 million. Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi imibukiso ayikho kuzo zonke izifunda zezwe, ngoba eNew York naseCalifornia, izikhungo ezimbili ezinkulu ze Imakethe, ama-cinema asavaliwe.
Ngokusobala, ezimweni ezijwayelekile, "ukuphikisana" bekuzoqala kangcono kakhulu, ngakho-ke i-warner bros. Hhayi nhlobo kubhekisisa idijithi yokuqala ukuze yehluleke. Ithemba futhi lilungiselela iqiniso lokuthi kwizinkomba zehhovisi le-International Box kangcono kakhulu. Kuze kube manje, ingxabano yebhokisi lomhlaba wonke "ingxabano" ayizigidi ezingama- $ 126 (hhayi ukubala imali e-United States). Ifilimu elihle kakhulu lamukelwa eChina, lapho aqoqa khona ama- $ 30 million. Amathrekhi we-United Kingdom ($ 12.1 million) neFrance ($ 10,7 million). ERussia, "ukuxabana" kulawulwa ukuthola cishe ama- $ 2.3 million.
Ngokuya kwezibalo ezikhona ukuze uphume ku-zero, "impikiswano" isidingo sokuphakamisa okungenani ama- $ 500 wezigidi, ngoba isabelomali sesithombe siyizindleko zokumaketha ezingama- $ 200. Ukuya ezingeni elidingekayo lefilimu liphansi kwamandla, ngoba lizohlala ehhovisi lebhokisi akukabi isonto elilodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i- "Mseler" manje ayinazo izimbangi, ngoba iBlockbuster elandelayo izodedelwa ngo-Okthoba 2 - imayelana "nowesifazane wesimangaliso: 1984."