Inception Inception Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious, and is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast additionally includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of "Insomnia", Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment
Inception Ireland and Malta and US$475 million in other countries for a total of $823 million worldwide. Its five highest-grossing markets after the US and Canada (US$292) were China (US$68million), the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta (US$56 million), France and the Maghreb region (US$43 million), Japan (US$40 million) and South Korea (US$38 million). It was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2010 in North America, and the fourth-highest internationally, behind "Toy Story 3", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1". The film currently stands as the 44th-highest-grossing of all time. "Inception" is the third most lucrative production