The Odyssey’s box office journey will not be slowing down because it sailed past $600 million globally this weekend.
After notching $123.5 million domestically last weekend, the Christopher Nolan epic brought in one other $87 million million on the domestic box office. That’s a decline of just 30 percent, a particularly good hold for a blockbuster. By way of holds, that’s the third best ever for a movie that opened to greater 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 because the No. 6 Pixar release of all time.
No recent wide release braved the waters this weekend, with studios preferring to remain out of the wake of Universal and Nolan, the undisputed name-brand filmmaker working today. Next weekend, juggernaut Spider-Man: Brand Latest Day, starring The Odyssey castmembers and married couple Tom Holland and Zendaya, arrives from Sony and Marvel.
In a summer wherein the Gen Z filmmakers behind Obsession and Backrooms have develop into the breakout story, Nolan is an institution player who has managed to capture the eye 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’s the primary 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 each Obsession and Backrooms, went on to say: “You will have to have a tremendous idea. Whenever you go see a movie like Obsession, that’s a tremendous idea. That movie works like a motherfucker.”
This story was originally published on July 24 at 1:22 p.m.