INCEPTION 2010

Released: 16th July 2010

Director: Christopher Nolan 

Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-fi, Mystery

Actors/Actresses: Leonardo DiCaprio,Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy,  Ken Watanabe

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this deceitful new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. 

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout

Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Produced: Legendary Pictures

Blanket Release 

Budget: $160,000,000 (estimated)

DVD Release: December 7, 2010 

Development began roughly nine years before Inception was released. In 2001, Nolan wrote an 80-page treatment about dream-stealers, presenting the idea to Warner Bros.The story was originally envisioned as a horror film, inspired by concepts of lucid dreaming and dream incubation.Feeling he needed to have more experience with large-scale films,Nolan opted to work on Batman Begins, The Prestige and The Dark Knight. He spent six months polishing up the script for Inception before Warner Bros. purchased it in February 2009.

Inception released in both conventional and IMAX theaters and was budgeted at $160 million. The cost was split between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. A box office success, the film grossed over $21 million on its opening day, with an opening weekend gross of $62,785,337. The filmed grossed $832,584,416 worldwide and $74,319,604 in DVD sales. It is currently the 25th highest-grossing film of all time.

The film had its world premiere at Leicester Square in London, on July 8, 2010.  In the United States and Canada, Inception was released theatrically in 3,792 conventional theaters and 195 IMAX theaters. The film grossed $23.7 million during its opening day on July 16, 2010.  Additionally, it is Leonardo DiCaprio's second highest-grossing film right behind Titanic.


This was the merchandise sold to promote the film even more. It included products such as includes a spinning top, a hat, T-shirts, key rings etc.

Here is the DVD cover for Inception.