Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, notching an even better debut than Oppenheimer had and marking the filmmaker's best opening since 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan flexed his singular box office might with a global debut unlike any other. Few filmmakers alive could pull off a starry, big-budget adaptation of Homer's epic poem, the AP reports. But in a Hollywood where intellectual property rights rule most hits, Nolan turned one of the world's oldest works of literature into a summer blockbuster.
The Universal production was no small gamble. With a production budget of $250 million, it's among the most expensive R-rated movies ever made. Universal is spending some $125 million to market it. But no behind-the-camera name turns out audiences more than Nolan's. So great was the hype on The Odyssey that IMAX put tickets on sale for some 70 mm showtimes a full year in advance. To satisfy the extraordinary demand for Nolan's preferred format, IMAX 70 mm, some theaters added midnight and 3am screenings—and sold them out. "We have tickets on sale for week five in some theaters," said Rich Gelfond, chief executive of IMAX. The next movie to pose any competition also stars Tom Holland and Zendaya: Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day on July 31.
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:
- The Odyssey, $124.5 million.
- Moana, $19 million.
- Minions & Monsters, $14.8 million.
- Toy Story 5, $14.8 million.
- Evil Dead Burn, $5 million.
- The Invite, $3.9 million.
- Young Washington, $3.7 million.
- Obsession, $2.5 million.
- Supergirl, $1.5 million.
- Disclosure Day, $1.5 million.
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