The Odyssey box office hits $181.6M after Nolan’s No. 2 Wednesday
Universal’s The Odyssey earned $18.05 million Wednesday, Deadline reported, pushing its six-day domestic total to $181.6 million.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Universal’s The Odyssey box office run kept rolling Wednesday, with the Christopher Nolan film taking in $18.05 million in the U.S., according to Deadline. That was down 16% from its $21.4 million Tuesday, but still strong enough to mark Nolan’s second-biggest domestic Wednesday.
Deadline reported that the new midweek haul trails only The Dark Knight, which made $18.3 million on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. It came in ahead of The Dark Knight Rises, which posted $13.77 million on its comparable Wednesday in 2012.
How much has The Odyssey made at the box office?
After six days in domestic release, The Odyssey has reached $181.6 million, according to Deadline. The Universal release is Nolan’s feature-film take on Homer’s poem.
The film is also running well ahead of Nolan’s previous movie, Oppenheimer. Deadline reported that the 2023 Universal release had made $117.8 million after six days, including a $10.6 million Wednesday, putting The Odyssey 54% ahead at the same point.
Oppenheimer, which later won multiple Oscars, finished with $330 million in North America, Deadline noted. Nolan’s top domestic performer remains The Dark Knight, with $534.9 million.
What is expected in the second weekend?
Deadline reported that The Odyssey is being eyed for a second weekend between $61 million and $74 million. That would put it in the same conversation as Nolan’s Batman sequels, with The Dark Knight Rises at $62.1 million in its second weekend and The Dark Knight at $75.1 million.
The calendar is helping. According to Deadline, major studios are not opening a wide release against The Odyssey this weekend.
The main new arrivals are smaller plays. Bleecker Street’s filmed Broadway production Hadestown is projected by Deadline at $8 million to $10 million, while Neon’s Nicolas Winding Refn genre film Her Private Hell is expected to start in the low single digits from 700 sites. IFC’s dialogue-free noir Motor City is booked at 1,600 locations, Deadline reported.
Why premium screens matter
The Odyssey will keep all of its premium large-format and Imax screens this weekend, according to Deadline. Those screens accounted for 52% of its $123.5 million opening, or $64.2 million.
That screen hold gives the film another powerful tool as it tries to stretch its opening-week momentum into a second weekend. For Nolan, whose films have repeatedly leaned on large-format presentation, the Wednesday number adds another box office marker to a domestic record still led by Gotham’s caped crusader.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.