>The sword-and-sandal adventure is Imax’s highest-grossing release of all time with $289 million, overtaking 2009’s “Avatar” with $271 million, not adjusted for inflation.

more: https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-biggest-movie-imax-record-1236830867/

Top 10 Highest Grossing IMAX Releases Globally (August 2026):

1. The Odyssey - $289.3 million
2. Avatar - $271 million
3. Avatar: The Way Of Water - $259 million
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $214 million
5. Avengers: Endgame - $212.5 million
6. Oppenheimer - $191 million
7. Avatar: Fire And Ash - $189 million
8. Ne Zha 2 - $166.7 million
9. Dune: Part Two - $146.5 million
10. Interstellar - $146 million

‘The Odyssey’ Conquers $1 Billion At WW Box Office, Soon To Be Christopher Nolan’s Best Ahead Of ‘Dark Knight Rises’:
https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-the-odyssey-billion-christopher-nolan-record-1237028708/

IMAX July 2026 record, Fastest Film in IMAX History to Surpass$200 Million and nearly$60 millionin pre-sales for future showtimes and sellouts for weeks in advance, The Odyssey will continue to play in the IMAX global network through at least September 17:
https://www.imax.com/pt/br/pr/christopher-nolans-odyssey-powers-imax-its-highest-grossing

Available only in the IMAX Store

Now, via Insight Editions, ScreenRant presents never-before-seen images from the film featured in two upcoming companion books, Filming the Odyssey: Inside the Making of Christopher Nolan's Modern Epic and The World of the Odyssey: A Visual Journey. Insight is publishing both books, both of which are written by James Mottram, in partnership with Universal and Syncopy. Filming the Odyssey will be released on August 25, followed by The World of the Odyssey in September.

As for The World of The Odyssey, it is a 144-page illustrated companion intended to be a visual guide to the movie. The book contains character profiles, in addition to locations, items, and moments that are vital to the story. There are also exclusive quotes from Nolan, the cast, and the crew, and a final chapter about the "movie magic" that brought the groundbreaking film to life.

Via Screenrant

Deadline: ''Universal’s The Odyssey is doing fantastic against the completion with a $52M expected weekend, -42%, the best third frame for Nolan’s Dark Knight at $42.6M. This is after a third Friday that’s shaping up to be $15M at 3,861. This is going to get close to the four century mark by Sunday with a running total of $396.5M.

The overall North American marketplace is looking like an all-time record too, beating the $402M made by all films during Avengers: Endgame‘s opening weekend (April 26-28, 2019). We’re hearing we could do $5M-$10M higher than that so between $407M to $412M.''

more: https://deadline.com/2026/07/box-office-spider-man-brand-new-day-1237014268/

ASC - "Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC , shot The Odyssey for director Christopher Nolan — the first feature film ever shot entirely with IMAX 15-perf/65mm film cameras."

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https://theasc.com/american-cinematographer/

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/the-odyssey-700-million-globally-fourth-biggest-movie-1236823343/

"Imax China is preparing to dedicate the vast majority of its nearly 800-screen network to Christopher Nolan‘s “The Odyssey” when the film opens in mainland China on Aug. 14, with CEO Daniel Manwaring telling Variety that audience anticipation for the release “is going to be enormous.”

“I’m expecting a very large majority of our entire network, if not all of our network, that first week will be playing ‘The Odyssey,'” Manwaring says."

OMFG!!!!

"Asked what gives him confidence “The Odyssey” can become a genuine event movie, he calls the “Christopher Nolan effect” the single biggest reason for Imax’s optimism. On the film itself, the exec says, “We’re talking about one of the greatest poems ever made and told through the greatest filmmaker’s lens ever made.”

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-odyssey-china-imax-rollout-800-screens-1236821684/

https://deadline.com/2026/07/box-office-the-odyssey-motor-city-her-private-hell-hadestown-1237002537/

https://deadline.com/2026/07/box-office-the-odyssey-motor-city-her-private-hell-hadestown-1237002537/

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Top 5 Second Weekends Live Action Movies Under $150M Openings:

1. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - $90,037,011 (-28,9% drop) / OP: $126,707,459
2. The Odyssey (2026) - $87,000,000 (-30% drop) / OP: $123,502,900
3. Wicked (2024) - $81,173,815 (-27,9% drop) / OP: $112,508,890
4. Avatar (2009) - $75,617,183 (-1,8% drop) / OP: $77,025,481
5. Spider-Man (2002) - $71,417,527 (-37,8% drop) / OP: $114,844,116

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Top 10 ALL TIME Second Weekends R-Rated Movies:

1. Deadpool & Wolverine - $96,809,328 (-54,2% drop) / OP: $211,435,291

2. The Odyssey - $87,000,000 (-30% drop) / OP: $123,502,900

3. American Sniper - $64,628,304 (-27,6% drop) / OP: $89,269,066

4. IT - $60,103,110 (-51,3% drop) / OP: $123,403,419

5. Deadpool - $56,470,167 (-57,4% drop) / OP: $132,434,639

6. Joker - $55,861,403 (-41,9% drop) / OP: $96,202,337

7. The Passion Of The Christ - $53,246,801 (-36,5% drop) / OP: $83,848,082

8. Oppenheimer - $46,705,630 (-43,4% drop) / OP: $82,455,420

9. Sinners - $45,708,664 (-4,8% drop) / OP: $48,007,468

10. Deadpool 2 - $43,463,043 (-65.4% drop) / OP: $125,507,153

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