The Odyssey Sails To $264 Million Global Box Office Opening
Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, achieved a record-breaking $264 million global opening weekend. The film, shot entirely on IMAX cameras, exceeded box office expectations despite its high production and marketing costs.
Why it matters
The film's success highlights the continued commercial viability of large-scale, director-driven cinema and the importance of premium formats like IMAX in the post-pandemic box office landscape.
Follow Empire on Google Everything about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has been, in a word, big. Big cast. Big budget. Big cameras. Big canvas. Big buzz. And now that the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer filmmaker's Homeric epic is finally playing in cinemas, this outsized trend has continued with a massive opening weekend for the movie at the global box office. Per Variety 's reporting, Nolan's newest blockbuster — the first movie ever shot entirely on IMAX cameras — has set sail with a Cyclops-dwarfing $264 million worldwide open.
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