Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey leaked on X; film crosses $639M

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A near-flawless bootleg of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey circulated on X last night and was seen by more than 2 million people before it was taken down. The leak occurred amid intense pre-release controversy over casting choices, including Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Elliot Page as the Greek soldier Sinon, controversy amplified by critics such as Elon Musk and Matt Walsh who had led boycott calls. The film opened strongly at the box office and has reached roughly $639 million worldwide in its first two weeks, with reports noting a second-weekend decline of about 30 percent but still holding well for a $100 million-plus opener. Critics and some columnists have praised Nolan's adaptation, while far-right commentators have framed the movie as a political provocation. The leak and the high gross together create immediate distribution and anti-piracy questions for Warner Bros and could shape how studios respond to major-event leaks going forward.

The New York Times

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Without saying one word about modern politics, Christopher Nolan has rebuked the spirit of the age. His retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ is an admonition: Moral transgressions always carry a consequence,” our columnist David French writes.

872h ago

Searingly Aaron11

Maybe worth noting the leaders catastrophic error in judgment was mortal for the people he was responsible for, and to. Not timely at all, I’m sure.

crispy pad thai6

david french, national review fascist bitch perfect for the nytimes

Homer J. Fong2

He is SOOOO close to getting it, you guys.

TwerkingClassBuffalo1

Uhhhh I mean only in the barest sense was Nolans film not political. For anyone with any critical thinking, it was uhhh.... not an endorsement of the moment.

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Brendel119

I turned on the Trojan Horse by dressing like a sexy carrot

Riverboatjack3

"Turning on horses? Not historically accurate. We all know that was Zeus!" - Homer, probably

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@mudlady64.bsky.social

“The never ending grievance and anger of the alt-right over Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”. Cry more tears, Elon. Excellent read from Charlotte Clymer. 👇🏼

862h ago

MrFrimplePantzPersonWomanManCameraTV1

They are honestly pathetic, stupid, and criminally insecure baby boys

psudonym

@psudonym.bsky.social

I'm allowed to call the Odyssey a superhero movie, right?

571h ago

maniacaltoaster.bsky.social5

Ok but like, I feel like there’re books on the topic of the Greek pantheon being the super heroes of the ancient world so I think you’re onto something.

TheChosenShadows4

If I am allowed to call Speed Racer (2008) a super hero movie I think the Odyssey 100% qualifies.

Mitchell Hammond 𓆙2

they wear capes so yes

🐓2

Technically, most of these Greek myths count as superhero stories of the time

Gaia_BentosZX52

Cue Hermes twerking singing about "his own superhero movie on the big screen".

Sam, the Geeky Citizen1

Well, you're not wrong. Odysseus is essentially Batman.

Nick Brumfield

@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social

In any normal world Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey would be seen as a straightforward Old Hollywood-style adaptation and a triumph of conservative art but alas that timeline diverged 10-20 years ago

442h ago

Nick Brumfield15

He doesn't even question the whole "is the woman *slave* really culpable for the crimes of her lover?" thing Ideologically it's literally like a 1960s adaptation

Nick Murphy1

I rewatched The Dark Knight Rises recently and the unambiguous message of that movie is "cops are heroes and the only thing keeping us from anarchy" Chris Nolan should be a conservative LEGEND but he cast a black lady and a trans man so they think he's woke.

mcc

@dryad.technology

What if The Odyssey but it takes place in like New York or Toronto and it takes Odysseus 10 hours to get home on public transit due to a series of 80s comedy hijinks while his gf is trying to manage an increasingly rowdy party back at their apartment

401h ago

mcc24

Aww shit Christine pointed out they already made this movie and it's The Warriors

The Hollywood Reporter

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'The Odyssey' declined just 30% in its second weekend, a great hold for a blockbuster. It's the third best ever for a film that opened to $100 million+, behind 'Wicked' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' Full weekend box office chart: bit.ly/4fs2VNy

172h ago

Revan

@revan.eurosky.social

The Odyssey is now the second most successful R-rated film after two weekends in history

102h ago

Devin

@devincf.bsky.social

It's very funny that people are "upset" about Lupita Nyong'o in THE ODYSSEY but nobody in the movie looks Greek. Matt Damon's ancestors were barbarians when the story takes place.

122h ago

Anne Muntean

@annemuntean.bsky.social

"The enormous success of Chris Nolan’s The Odyssey is quickly shaping up to be the greatest rebuke of alt-right grievance culture in our time. It is basically the modern pop culture equivalent of Sherman making Georgia howl." open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

53h ago

Quinn Slobodian

@quinnslobodian.com

Both love and question Nolan for making The Odyssey a shoot-and-cry.

92h ago

Robot Pinhead

@cenobot.bsky.social

Very fitting opening with The Odyssey and Hadestown in theaters #FrightClub

73h ago

The Liberal BoJack

@thelibbojack.bsky.social

The Odyssey just made 639 million in two weeks. Conservatives picked the absolute worst movie to go to war with Post Anything Here: interactink.vercel.app

91h ago

The Liberal BoJack1

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Diamanda Hagan

@diamandahagan.bsky.social

As a palate cleanser after watching The Odyssey yesterday, while editing I just watched The Return. The 2024 dark, Logan-y version that's just about Odysseus being shellshocked in Ithica before going full murder-hobo. (there's a copy on Dailymotion) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrZq...

63h ago

Cameron

@camorooni.bsky.social

Just saw The Odyssey and thought it was quite good. I may adjust this after another viewing but thought I'd throw together my personal Nolan flick tier list S - Inception A - Interstellar - Memento - Oppenheimer B - Dunkirk - The Odyssey - The Prestige - The Dark Knight C - Tenet

71h ago

Chickens and Mentals Caretaker1

Just saw tenet for the first time a couple nights ago, wanted to really like it after how much hype it’s gotten recently but I was just kinda whelmed. Cool concept but lacked that extra punch of wow factor, whether it be a visual shot or plot twist etc.

Ryan1

I'd move The Dark Knight to A just for Heath Ledger's performance.

Dirty D1

I always say Dunkirk and the Darkest Hour would make for a great double feature

R Scott Brigham

@scottbrigham.bsky.social

Went to see same showing of THE ODYSSEY in the same theater I did today, huh?

62h ago

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