{"success":true,"data":{"id":"86fb7e90-52e1-4a09-94d4-81a173b72f20","title":"The Odyssey is on course to smash box office records in its opening weekend","summary":"US Edition Change Support Now × \"Clear search box\") Custom Search Sort by Relevance Date NewsNews World CupWorld Cup SportsSports CultureCulture LifestyleLifestyle MoneyMoney TravelTravel PremiumPremium More More Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the si...","content":"US Edition Change\n\nSupport Now\n\n[×](javascript:void(0) \"Clear search box\")\n\nCustom Search\n\nSort by\n\nRelevance\n\nDate\n\n*   News[News](https://www.independent.co.uk/us)\n\n*   World Cup[World Cup](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup)\n\n*   Sports[Sports](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport)\n\n*   Culture[Culture](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment)\n\n*   Lifestyle[Lifestyle](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style)\n\n*   Money[Money](https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money)\n\n*   Travel[Travel](https://www.independent.co.uk/us/travel)\n\n*   Premium[Premium](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium)\n\nMore\n\nMore\n\n### Thank you for registering\n\nPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in\n\n# The Odyssey is on course to smash box office records in its opening weekend\n\n## Christopher Nolan’s latest epic has proved a hit both in the United States and globally\n\n[Kevin E G Perry](https://www.independent.co.uk/author/kevin-e-g-perry)in Los Angeles Saturday 18 July 2026 14:21 EDT\n\n*   Copy link  \n*   Bookmark  \n*   [Comments](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-odyssey-box-office-christopher-nolan-b3017479.html#comments-area)Go to comments  \n\n## Bookmark popover\n\nRemoved from bookmarks\n\nClose popover\n\nPowered By\n\n10 Sec\n\n44.7K\n\n2\n\nMONDAY 6AM NOLAN\n\nNext video in\n\nNext\n\nKEEP WATCHING\n\nChristopher Nolan on his 20-year journey to The Odyssey\n\n### Your support helps us to tell the story\n\nFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. 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We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.\n\n**Your support makes all the difference.**\n\n[Christopher Nolan’s _The Odyssey_](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-odyssey-2026-movie-christopher-nolan-b3012515.html) is set to become the biggest box office success of the director’s career.\n\nThe [55-year-old filmmaker](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-odyssey-2026-movie-christopher-nolan-b3012515.html) will be celebrating after his epic adaptation of the celebrated work by Ancient Greek poet Homer broke records both domestically and internationally.\n\nIn the United States, the film earned $51 million on Friday and is predicted to make around $120 million across its opening weekend. That would make the Matt Damon-starring historical drama the biggest live action film of the year, behind only animated hits _Toy Story 5_ ($159 million) and _The Super Mario Galaxy Movie_ ($131 million) overall.\n\nAt the global box office, The Odyssey is expected to surpass 2012’s _The Dark Knight Rises_ to give Nolan his biggest ever worldwide opening. [_Deadline_](https://deadline.com/2026/07/box-office-global-the-odyssey-1236996979/) expects the film to make $257.8 million globally, ahead of the $249 million banked by Nolan’s Batman sequel.\n\nOnce again, that would place it in third place overall in this year’s box office charts, behind _Toy Story 5_ which made $312 million worldwide and _Super Mario Galaxy Movie_ which made $372.5 million worldwide.","source_name":"The Independent","source_url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-odyssey-box-office-christopher-nolan-b3017479.html","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-odyssey-box-office-christopher-nolan-b3017479.html","author":"Kevin E G Perry","author_name":"Kevin E G Perry","published_at":"2026-07-18T18:21:08.000Z","publication_date":"2026-07-18T18:21:08.000Z","image_url":"https://static.the-independent.com/2026/07/18/12/53/The-Odyssey.png","category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":3,"word_count":484,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot"}}