The Odyssey’s box office journey is not slowing down as it sailed past $600 million globally this weekend.
After notching $123.5 million domestically last weekend, the Christopher Nolan epic brought in another $87 million at the domestic box office. That’s a decline of just 30 percent, an extremely good hold for a blockbuster. In terms of holds, that’s the third best ever for a film that opened to more than $100 million, behind only Wicked and Top Gun: Maverick.
It’s $87 million sum is the second best weekend two ever for an R-rated film, behind Deadpool & Wolverine‘s $97 million two years ago. It’s domestic total will end the weekend at an estimated $286.4 million, while it’s global total should hit $639.9 million.
The news was good for Disney this weekend as well, with holdover Toy Story 5 passed $1 billion, to now rank as the No. 6 Pixar release of all time.
No new wide release braved the waters this weekend, with studios preferring to stay out of the wake of Universal and Nolan, the undisputed name-brand filmmaker working today. Next weekend, juggernaut Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring The Odyssey castmembers and married couple Tom Holland and Zendaya, arrives from Sony and Marvel.
In a summer in which the Gen Z filmmakers behind Obsession and Backrooms have become the breakout story, Nolan is an establishment player who has managed to capture the attention of younger audiences. Half the opening weekend’s audience was between the ages of 18 and 34. The film has amassed $322 million globally.
The film has also been massive on Imax and other premium format screens, with Imax accounting for 23 percent of its haul on opening weekend. It is the first narrative feature shot entirely on Imax cameras. This weekend, it brought in $48 million globally on IMAX screens.
The film also delves into horror with several sequences, with Nolan telling The Hollywood Reporter the movie “very much whets my appetite for more” of the genre. The filmmaker, who has praised both Obsession and Backrooms, went on to say: “You have to have an amazing idea. When you go see a film likeObsession, that’s an amazing idea. That movie works like a motherfucker.”
This story was originally published on July 24 at 1:22 p.m.