After a hugely successful three weeks in cinemas that saw large numbers of advance bookings and packed theatres worldwide, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has reached the coveted $1 billion mark in global sales.
The film released on July 17 and has generated $429.65 million in the US and $578.8m internationally for a grand total just over $1bn. It is Nolan’s first film to cross the coveted threshold since 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises made a total of $1.08bn during its theatrical run.
Imax screens — for which the movie was shot — contributed $257m to the movie’s sales figures, and The Odyssey is expected to become the highest grossing film ever on Imax screens.
With the film still in cinemas, The Odyssey is also expected to surpass The Dark Knight Rises to become the director’s highest grossing film. His last film, Oppenheimer, managed $975m in ticket sales.
This comes as The Odyssey is set to open in China — the world’s largest moviegoing market — on Friday, likely giving its numbers a massive boost. The film will play across nearly 800 Imax screens in the country and thousands of standard cinemas.
