Boycott calls from Elon Musk and other right-wing commentators, plus hundreds of thousands of dislikes on the trailer, failed to deter audiences, as the Christopher Nolan film opened to $264 million worldwide, the biggest global debut of his career

The film beat Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” to become his most successful global opening.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, even better than the filmmaker's…