{"id":849838,"date":"2026-08-07T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849838\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:18:11","slug":"box-office-the-odyssey-crosses-1b-will-be-christopher-nolans-highest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849838\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Crosses $1B, Will Be Christopher Nolan’s Highest"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s embarrassment of riches at the global box office continues as we can tell you today that Universal\u2019s Christopher Nolan<\/a> feature take on Homer\u2019s The Odyssey<\/a> has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.<\/p>\n

The pic soon will become the 2x Oscar winner\u2019s highest-grossing movie ever, overtaking 2012\u2019s The Dark Knight Rises ($1.085 billion).<\/p>\n

Broken out, Odyssey has minted $429.7M domestic and $570.3M overseas. The movie opened in Korea on Wednesday and will land in China on Aug. 14 followed by Japan on Sept. 11. Imax auditoriums are at a near sell out in key box office markets like LA & NYC through October, we hear. This weekend, Odyssey will co-share Imax hubs with Brand New Day stateside. <\/p>\n

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The Odyssey\u2018s highest grossing territories as of today are UK\/Ireland ($75.3M), France ($52.4M), Italy ($46.9M), Germany ($35.2M), Australia ($29.8M), Mexico ($28M), Spain ($27.3M), India ($19.6M), Netherlands ($13.9M) and Saudi Arabia ($13.1M).<\/p>\n

Following Sony\/Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man: Brand New Day earlier this week, which became the second-fastest to the billion mark<\/a> worldwide after Avengers: Endgame, Odyssey is the fifth tentpole to cross $1 billion at the 2026 a list that also includes Toy Story 5<\/a>, Michael<\/a> and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a>. Spider-Man: Brand New Day with more than $1.1B is currently the highest-grossing pic of the calendar year. Odyssey is Universal\u2019s third film to cross $1 billion this year after Michael ($1.016B) and Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1.012B). <\/p>\n

RELATED: Universal Becomes First Studio To Conquer $4 Billion Worldwide in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Combined, Brand New Day and Odyssey count $2.1 billion at the global box office. They soon will steamroll the combined $2.4 billion global gross of Barbenheimer in 2023 \u2014 $1.44B for Barbie and $975.8M for Nolan\u2019s Oppenheimer.<\/p>\n

Odyssey is now the 65th movie to cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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