I don't think people understand how insane a 29% drop is in the second weekend.
Typical second weekend drops for high budgeted films range mostly from 50 -70 %
‘THE ODYSSEY’ earned $87M in its second domestic weekend, only a 29% drop from its opening.
• Biggest second weekend ever for a Christopher Nolan film
• Higher than the opening weekend of ‘Oppenheimer’
In just 11 days,#TheOdyssey beats #Dunkirk’s entire 550M run & crosses 600M, locking its journey to join the 1B+ club at Global #BoxOffice! #ChristopherNolan’s first Epic grossed INSANE 128.3M on 2nd weekend overseas, just a -8.6% drop(!!!!!) from opening (vs #Barbie’s 127M, -34.6%, #DeadpoolAndWolverine’s 110.5M, -51.3%, #TopGunMaverick’s 86.3M, -31.5%) for 334.3M intl. cume over 73 intl. markets, with majors #Korea, #China & #Japan yet to join only in AUG & SEP!
Allied to its 286.4M cume in the US, the Epic with a 250M production price tag not including marketing hits a 639.6M Global cume, crushing #Dunkirk’s 550M as Nolan’s #6 highest grossing film of ALL TIME, in just 11 days!
700M+ coming by WED
800M+ coming by next weekend already
1B+ locked and loaded 🔒
Eyeing a 1.3B-1.5B Global run until we see how #SpiderManBrandNewDay affects its legs + how it performs in the upcoming major Asian markets left to open.
With the help of Athena, #TheOdyssey crushes projections crossing the 250M mark at Global #BoxOffice, after #ChristopherNolan’s first epic grossed 139.6M on 5-day opening overseas over 73 intl. markets (beating #TheDarkKnightRises’s 131M as biggest intl. debut ever for Nolan), with majors #Korea, #China & #Japan yet to join only in AUG & SEP!
Allied to its 124.5M Opening in the US, the Epic with a 250M production price tag not including marketing hits a 264.1M Global Opening, crushing #Oppenheimer’s 180.4M as the biggest debut for Nolan out of #Batman films, and also beating #TheDarkKnight’s 252.6M as Nolan’s #2 BIGGEST Global debut ever period, only under #TheDarkKnightRises’s 291.9M Global Opening)!
#3 BIGGEST Global Opening of 2026, only below #TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie’s 372.5M & #ToyStory5’s 310.2M
#3 BIGGEST Global Opening of ALL TIME for R-rated films, beating #Logan’s 247.3M & #Joker’s 248.2M Global bows, only below #DeadpoolAndWolverine’s 444.1M, #Deadpool2’s 301.3M, & #Deadpool’s 265M Global Openings.
Travis Scott reportedly has an original song that plays during ‘THE ODYSSEY’ credits, in addition to his role as The Bard 🚨
James Blake is said to be featured on vocals, with Ludwig Göransson producing and co-writing.