Right-Wing Haters Try to Stop the Steal as ‘Woke’ Odyssey Conquers Global Box Office
Christopher Nolan's film 'The Odyssey' is facing online backlash from right-wing social media users who claim the movie's box office success is fraudulent. The article debunks these claims, noting a lack of evidence and providing standard explanations for empty seats in theaters.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing trend of 'culture war' controversies impacting film reception and the spread of misinformation regarding corporate data.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odysse y was the biggest movie in the world last weekend, raking in $264 million globally. The film had a production budget of $250 million and spent $125 on marketing, according to ABC News , meaning it’s on track to earn back its money for Universal, to say nothing of all the awards it’s expected to win.
But much like everything else in pop culture during the 2020s, The Odyssey has become a lightning rod of controversy on social media. The problem? Right-wingers don’t like that the film has a few actors who aren’t white and one who’s trans.
Those people are trying to insist the movie is actually bad and that there’s a concerted effort on sites like Rotten Tomatoes to artificially inflate its score. They’re also claiming that all of the sold out theaters are “fraud,” something for which they’ve provided no evidence.
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