With no major competition, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” extended its reign at the domestic box office as it entered its second weekend in theaters.
“The Odyssey” added $25.9 million domestically on Friday, and by Sunday it’s expected to make $84.5 million. That figure represents just a 32% drop from its excellent $124 million debut. Through two weekends of release, “The Odyssey’s” North American total should land around $283 million.
Over opening weekend, “The Odyssey” earned $264.1 million worldwide, an outstanding feat considering it’s an adult-skewing drama that clocks in at almost three hours. That godly haul was Nolan’s best global debut ever, legging out “The Dark Knight Rises,” which eared $249 million back in 2012. That film also happens to be the director’s highest-grossing film ever, at just over a $1 billion. At this pace, “The Odyssey” is gunning for that record as well.
Second place went to the theatrical presentation of “Hadestown: The Musical.” The eight-time Tony winner pulled in an estimated $4 million on Friday. Rival projections have it earning $9 million through the weekend. Starring Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page, André De Shields and Amber Gray, “Hadestown” is a musical retelling of the Orpheus-Eurydice and Hades-Persephone myths. Crosswalk served as the distributor for the movie.
