The Odyssey becomes Christopher Nolan's highest grossing film

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Universal's The Odyssey has climbed to a cumulative global gross of $1.104 billion, making it Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing film worldwide, not adjusted for inflation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film opened July 17 and has earned $461.1 million domestically and $642.9 million internationally after 24 days in release, surpassing the worldwide totals of The Dark Knight ($1.008 billion) and The Dark Knight Rises ($1.085 billion). The Odyssey is Nolan's first non-Batman movie to top $1 billion, and it was shot entirely on IMAX 70 mm film, a format ScreenRant says has driven premium-ticket sales that helped its box office climb. The reported production budget is $250 million, with an estimated break-even near $625 million, a threshold the movie has already exceeded. Adjusted for inflation, Nolan's older titles remain ahead on the all-time chart; The Dark Knight sits near $1.53 billion and The Dark Knight Rises near $1.58 billion, while Inception adjusts to about $1.29 billion. ScreenRant notes some critics have bemoaned Nolan's depiction of Circe as a flattening of a complex character, though the article also places that choice in a longer literary tradition of reimagining the figure. Given its current trajectory and strong premium-format play, The Odyssey could continue climbing and challenge Nolan's inflation-adjusted rankings by the end of its theatrical run.

DiscussingFilm

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‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Christopher Nolan's highest grossing movie of all time at $1.1 billion. Surpassing ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’.

9946h ago

fredgarvinstruss.bsky.social28

Saw The Odyssey. Nearly 3 hours of my life that I can’t get back. Honestly don’t know what all the fuss is about. Other than the cinematography and some special effects, it was underwhelming.

Jabroni Macaroni22

I just saw it yesterday. It is such a good movie and if anyone sees this that hasn’t seen it, you really owe it to yourself to see it in theaters.

@wscotgrey8

The difference being, I’m gonna watch the Dark Knight probably 40 more times in my life. Odyssey, maybe twice.

M. Carach 📕 📖 ✍️5

I don’t understand the conversation about highest grossing films when inflation is not taken into account. How can one even compare? Yes any blockbuster will out earn another when tickets are more expensive…

Constituent AuntiTFaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa4

lol. the chuds hating on a 3000 year old tale of a working man making his way home only boosted sales love that for Nolan

A Word2

People and especially young adults are looking for Depth about who we are as Human Beings. Homer's poem stimulates the deeper regions in our Hearts & Souls that gives greater meaning to Existence of which today's Education bypassed that long ago - it's why we see the deeper suffering of mankind.

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kate bush’s husband338

The cope from the right has hit maximum levels

Thor Benson89

Nolan to right wingers: Do you feel in charge?

Wabi Sabi For Robots51

It's worth celebrating that Christopher Nolan's highest grossing film of all time prominently features a trans man who happens to be great in it

Alb3rt045

Warner Bros fumbled BIG TIME with how they handled its 2021 releases, and now Universal is benefitting from having two of Chris Nolan’s most successful films outside Batman. I don’t see him going back to WB given current circumstances. Universal’s more stable and reliable atm.

Cargie37

Wait i was led to believe this movie was a woke disaster? was I misinformed by endless screaming human thumbs on youtube?

redthespian - EVERYBODY WALK THE DINOSAUR26

Now’s a good time to say that the film’s producer and distributor, Universal Studios, has a land in one of their theme parks themed around Greek myth that has been essentially vacant for the better part of a decade. You know, you might be able to do something with that.

Solomon23

I need to watch it again

eagc1995 (VGen Comms Open)15

Me to the alt right grifters

Nat Writes On Good Days🇵🇷🏳‍⚧6

And who's the King of Summer?

Phender, The Political Science Duck5

But I was told that because it had a black actress and a trans actor that it was too woke and wouldn't make any money! I bet the chuds on Twitter are handling this news well.

Brendel

@brendelbored.bsky.social

Grimace, slowly removing glasses: he wasn’t trying to steal the burgers…he was trying to free them Credits roll, Christopher Nolan has done it again

1923h ago

Sigma_Drac1

So you're saying Ronald is Ray Kroc and the Hamburgler is the McDonald brothers?

Cullen

@hellocullen.bsky.social

Christopher Nolan omitted the part where Odysseus's ship is under Dave Matthews tour bus

994h ago

elias isquith

@eliasisquith.blog

you (smart and savvy): christopher nolan doesn’t trust his audiences enough and is too didactic the audience:

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Thomas Banacek3

Oh, man, so there’s a bunch of soldiers inside a big ilhan Omar suit? That explains how she walks!

Every Film Now

@everyfilmnow.bsky.social

Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’ is projected to earn $1.4B-1.5B globally by the end of its theatrical run. It could surpass ‘DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE’ to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #DeadpoolAndWolverine

276h ago

Jen Johans

@filmintuition.bsky.social

I’m all for going into movies with zero knowledge of the plot, but when I went to THE ODYSSEY, a couple was fully onboard… until the Cyclops scene & were so shocked by it, that they left. Like, “Wait, this is fantasy? Let’s bounce.” Again, it’s THE ODYSSEY. How are its fantastical elements a shock?

364h ago

Jen Johans 6

And I say that as someone who typically is not the world’s biggest fantasy fan, lol.

Darkest Timeline JDP2

Wow. I will say that THE ODYSSEY has shown me that the average human (American?) seems completely ignorant of all classical texts. I knew they hadn’t read them — but I’m shocked by how they’ve failed to absorb even the most basic ideas that are basically cultural, creative canon.

Joel

@sentantiq.bsky.social

"What Nolan gets right about epic is that Homer makes us take a closer look at ourselves. The intensity of the debate about Nolan’s Odyssey shows that people long for serious discussions." neoskosmos.com/en/2026/08/0...

2722h ago

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social

Not sure why Christopher Nolan didn’t hire me as a consultant for The Odyssey. Look at this project I did in elementary school! I even have a certificate and everything. Real missed opportunity.

Poster board with hand drawn pictures of characters in Greek mythology such as Medusa, Artemis, and Hera

2821h ago

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD7

(Came across this while cleaning out my garage)

Naïna2

So cute! Also, did you grow up in Ames?

Anne van der Zanden 🐺

@wlf359.com

At the Ronson Theatre, I watched Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” (shot entirely with IMAX® film cameras) presented in 70mm IMAX® film. Rather than simply watching the screen, I felt as though I was there the entire time. It was more than watching it, I witnessed it.

Anne and Chante looking at the camera with a serious expression because watching movies is serious business.

141h ago

Anne van der Zanden 🐺3

(please get the reference or we'll die of cringe)

Paula Gilligan

@gilliganpaula.bsky.social

Christopher Nolan is wrong to say that criticism of the financial sponsorship of his film by the Occupiers of Western Sahara, the Moroccans, is 'irrelevant' to his film. The film reproduces much of the tropes of US Vietnam and Cowboy Western genres, all colonial.

713h ago