‘The Odyssey’ Makes History as Christopher Nolan’s Top-Grossing Movie Ever

Logo text Christopher Nolan has conquered his previous titles with The Odyssey, as the recent Universal Pictures release is now the highest-grossing movie of the acclaimed filmmaker’s career. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus on his arduous journey home after the Trojan War, the film.

Nolan and Emma Thomas produce for Syncopy. That film won seven Oscars, including best director for Nolan and best picture.

What Happened

The Odyssey is one of the year’s top five highest-grossing movies globally, having crossed the billion-dollar mark after The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Michael, Toy Story 5 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Universal distributed The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and also handled.

• The studio confirmed Sunday that the mythological epic has made $1.104 billion worldwide in its first month in theaters following its initial July 17 release.

• This surpasses 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, which earned $1.085 billion, and 2008’s The Dark Knight at $1.005 billion, as Warner Bros.’ two Batman films had previously held the top spots on the list.

• As of Sunday, The Odyssey has collected $461.1 million domestically and landed in second place for the weekend behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Key Details

The adaptation of Homer’s ancient poem is now the second-highest-grossing R-rated film domestically and globally, behind only 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine.

• In addition to distributing The Odyssey, Universal was also behind Nolan’s 2023 release Oppenheimer, which counts as the filmmaker’s fourth-highest-grossing title globally with $975.8 million.

• Nolan’s films have collected surpassed $7 billion at the global box office.

What Reports Say

Coverage of the story so far points to:

• Continued reporting by The Hollywood Reporter as more details emerge