'The Odyssey' brings in $264.1 million in worldwide ticket sales, studio says
Audience demand and IMAX showings
Fans began snapping up "Odyssey" tickets a year ago when seats at select IMAX theaters were put on sale. IMAX said demand for tickets was so high that more than 50 theaters across North America added show times between midnight and 7 a.m.
Most scholars believe the epic poem attributed to Homer was composed in the seventh or eighth century BC and was sung before that in oral tradition. Nolan's film centers on a portion of Odysseus's home-coming, where he encounters gods and monsters, storms and tragedy.
Global ticket sales and opening performance
Director Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" grossed $264.1 million in global ticket sales, including $124.5 million in the U.S. and Canada, Universal Pictures said on Sunday.
The film, based on the ancient Greek poem by Homer, stars Matt Damon as the Greek hero Odysseus, and follows his perilous journey home after fighting the Trojan War. It is Nolan's first movie since the 2023 blockbuster "Oppenheimer," which won Academy Awards in several categories, including directing and best picture.
"The Odyssey" cost $250 million to make. It received an A CinemaScore from filmgoers who attended opening-night screenings, and an audience rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film represents Nolan's biggest global opening of all time, without factoring in inflation, and his third-highest-grossing in the U.S. and Canada, behind "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises."
