Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Crosses $1B, Will Be Christopher Nolan’s Highest

This year’s embarrassment of riches at the global box office continues as we can tell you today that Universal’s Christopher Nolan feature take on Homer’s The Odyssey has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.

The pic soon will become the 2x Oscar winner’s highest-grossing movie ever, overtaking 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises ($1.085 billion).

Broken out, Odyssey has minted $429.7M domestic and $570.3M overseas. The movie opened in Korea on Wednesday and will land in China on Aug. 14 followed by Japan on Sept. 11. Imax auditoriums are at a near sell out in key box office markets like LA & NYC through October, we hear. This weekend, Odyssey will co-share Imax hubs with Brand New Day stateside.

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The Odyssey‘s highest grossing territories as of today are UK/Ireland ($75.3M), France ($52.4M), Italy ($46.9M), Germany ($35.2M), Australia ($29.8M), Mexico ($28M), Spain ($27.3M), India ($19.6M), Netherlands ($13.9M) and Saudi Arabia ($13.1M).

Following Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day earlier this week, which became the second-fastest to the billion mark worldwide after Avengers: Endgame, Odyssey is the fifth tentpole to cross $1 billion at the 2026 a list that also includes Toy Story 5, Michael and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Spider-Man: Brand New Day with more than $1.1B is currently the highest-grossing pic of the calendar year. Odyssey is Universal’s third film to cross $1 billion this year after Michael ($1.016B) and Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1.012B).

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Combined, Brand New Day and Odyssey count $2.1 billion at the global box office. They soon will steamroll the combined $2.4 billion global gross of Barbenheimer in 2023 — $1.44B for Barbie and $975.8M for Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Odyssey is now the 65th movie to cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

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