It now seems the pushback against the rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction epic Interstellar was not for nothing. According to Inox Movies, it has become the highest grossing Hollywood film to release again in India over its first seven days. “Interstellar sets a new record for the biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood film re-release in India,” tweeted the theatre chain.

The film was supposed to hit theatres again late last year, marking its tenth anniversary, but it could not because of a lack of Imax screens following the release of actor Allu Arjun and director Sukumar’s Pushpa 2: The Rule. It left a majority of Christopher Nolan fans and general cinema lovers disappointed. At the same time, Devara star Janhvi Kapoor said, “Pushpa 2 is also cinema. Why are we so obsessed with idolising the west and running down things that come out of our own country and instantly disqualifying it from being considered as worthy?”

The film revolves around a group of astronauts who travel to outer space in search of a more habitable planet as dust storms and blights herald a dystopian earth. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Timothée Chalamet, Mackenzie Foy, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, and John Lithgow.

Interstellar set a high benchmark for visual effects, for which Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, and Ian Hunter won an Oscar in 2015. Besides its stellar making and mindboggling ideas, the sci-fi film is known for Hans Zimmer’s meditative original score that set the tone for the epic saga with echoes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.