Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Holds Strong With $25 Million on Friday
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ remained the clear leader at the North American box office in its second weekend, benefiting from a lack of major new competition. Its modest week-on-week decline suggests strong audience demand for the nearly three-hour, adult-oriented drama and puts it on course to challenge Nolan’s biggest commercial success.
The film took $25.9 million on Friday and is projected to earn $84.5 million over the weekend, a 32% fall from its $124 million opening, lifting its domestic total to about $283 million. ‘Hadestown: The Musical’ is expected to take roughly $9 million in second place, while Disney’s live-action ‘Moana’ is projected to reach $102 million domestically despite its $250 million budget; ‘Toy Story 5’ is nearing $1 billion worldwide.
- ‘The Odyssey’ is holding strongly in its second weekend.
- It could become Nolan’s highest-grossing film.
- Disney’s ‘Moana’ continues to underperform.