In its fifth week in theaters around the world, The Odyssey of Christopher Nolan y Universal Pictures is crowned with a new record.
Con $1.34 billion dollars in the global box officeNolan's epic becomes the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time worldwidesurpassing the previous record holder Deadpool & Wolverine ($1,338 million dollars).
In recent days, The Odyssey was cemented as Nolan's greatest commercial success, that is, the highest-grossing film of his filmography, surpassing The Dark Knight Rises ($1,080 million dollars).
It is also the only Nolan film to exceed one billion dollars at the global box office, which does not belong to his Batman franchise.
TOP 4 HIGHEST GROSSING R-RATED FILMS OF ALL TIME
- The Odyssey: $1,340 mdd
- Deadpool & Wolverine: $1,338 mdd
- Joker: $1,070 mdd
- Oppenheimer: $983 mdd
- Demon Slayer The Movie Infinity Castle: $793 mdd
The production budget was $250 million, the most expensive project in Nolan's filmography, and as we mentioned, his greatest commercial success.
The Odyssey It premiered in theaters in China last Friday, August 14, and remains to be released in Japan on September 11. IMAX theaters have made sold out in key cities such as Los Angeles and New York until October. In China it is projected in thousands of standard auditoriums and 800 IMAX screens.
AMONG THE HIGHEST GROSSING RELEASES OF 2026
The Odyssey is among the highest-grossing projects of 2026 at the global box office, jumping to second position in a list that currently looks like this:
- Spider–Man: Brand New Day: $2,039 million dollars
- The Odyssey: $1.34 billion dollars
- Toy Story 5: $1,116 million dollars
- Michael: $1,021.4 million dollars
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: $1,012.4 million dollars
- The Devil Wears Prada 2: $692.3 million dollars
- Project Hail Mary: $684.2 million dollars
- Pegasus 3: $656.4 million dollars
- Minions & Monsters: $496.5 million dollars
- Obsession: $495.6 million dollars
With figures from The Numbers.
The film adapts Homer's epic poem, about 3,000 years old, and revolves around Odysseus, king of Ithaca, on his perilous journey home after the Trojan Warexploring themes of heroism, loyalty, cunning, and fighting against divine will.
During his journey, Odysseus faces the cyclops Polyphemus, the mermaids, the nymph Calypso and the witch goddess Circe in the treacherous oceans that separate him from his native island and his wife Penelope, who breaks up a wedding procession that she weaves every night in case one of the suitors who have taken over her home ends up marrying her if her husband does not return. His memory is also guarded by his son Telemachus. The story also includes gods such as Athena, Poseidon, and Zeus.
The huge star cast includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, John Leguizamo, Samantha Morton, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong'o, Jon Bernthal, Mia Goth, Himesh Patel, Benny Safdie, Bill Irwin, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Logan Marshall-Green, y Corey Hawkins.
The production used new technology IMAX and equipment never used before, making history by becoming the first narrative feature film filmed entirely with IMAX cameras. What does it mean? While filming was previously limited to filming action scenes in IMAX mainly, due to how noisy the format's cameras are for filming dialogues close to the actor, Nolan and company created a new casing for the IMAX moviecall blimpto significantly reduce noise, and film in IMAX entirely.
Source: https://cine3.com/the-odyssey-pelicula-r-rated-mas-taquillera-historia/
