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Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey sets sail on its box office voyage as the star-studded retelling of the classical mythological tale aims to get moviegoers back in the saddle after a recent stretch of underperforming debuts.
Universal Pictures‘ feature collected $17.6 million from Thursday previews on 3,900 North American screens as it targets a projected opening between the mid-$80 million range to upwards of $100 million. The film eyes a global start around $200 million and carries a hefty $250 million production budget. Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o star in the story of Odysseus (Damon) aiming to return home after the Trojan War to reclaim his throne as the king of Ithaca and reunite with wife Penelope (Hathaway).
Nolan’s biggest domestic opening of his career was The Dark Knight Rises in July 2012, as the Batman sequel soared with $160 million domestically before surpassing $1 billion in its global run. The filmmaker’s most recent release was 2023’s Oppenheimer, which opened to $82.4 million domestically and ultimately picked up $975 million worldwide, along with winning seven Academy Awards, including best picture and Nolan’s first best director Oscar. While The Odyssey is the lone wide release opening this weekend, Oppenheimer famously was part of the cultural sensation known as Barbenheimer, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie sharing its July 21 release date as social media users boasted about catching the unlikely double feature.
