Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has formally handed $1 billion on the international field workplace after simply three weeks in theaters.
It is an inevitable however welcome replace for the sprawling, almost 3-hour epic after it first premiered in theaters July 17 (by way of Variety). Reaching the milestone makes it Nolan’s first movie to take action in additional than 14 years, together with his final film to realize such a quantity being The Darkish Knight Rises in 2012.
Of the $1 billion, $429.65 million was earned domestically and $578.8 million was earned internationally. Its whole truly sits at $1.008 billion, that means it will not be lengthy earlier than it passes The Darkish Knight Rises’ $1.08 billion document to grow to be Nolan’s highest-grossing image of all time.
Selection added that Imax’s portion of The Odyssey ticket gross sales quantity to a whopping $257 million. Because the director’s option to movie the film totally in Imax continues to drive audiences to theaters, it is now on observe to grow to be the corporate’s greatest launch in historical past earlier than the weekend is out.
There have been just a few $1 billion motion pictures to emerge all through 2026 because the summer time continues. The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film and Toy Story 5 each represented the ability animation has in theaters when they crossed the mark earlier this yr. Spider-Man: Model New Day reached the number simply days in the past and broke a few records along the way. Music biopic Michael additionally passed the $1 billion mark.
The Odyssey raked in $264 million in its opening weekend and dropped just 19% in its second. Now heading into its fourth weekend in theaters, it reveals no vital indicators of slowing down, that means Nolan can have his work minimize out if he desires to ship one other highest-grossing film when he eventually releases his subsequent challenge.
Whereas audiences in all places are turning as much as theaters to see how The Odyssey adapts the occasions of a 3,000-year-old story, not everybody has fallen in love with this model of the story. Greek translator Emily Wilson launched a scathing review of the movie one week after its premiere and went again for a second attack earlier this week. For extra, you possibly can examine stars Tom Holland and Zendaya’s recent run in theaters, in addition to Nolan’s take on amateur film criticism.
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