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Universal’s The Odyssey eyes record Tuesday, strong hold in second weekend
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Universal's "The Odyssey" concluded its Tuesday takings by posting a powerful performance at the North American box office, surpassing $20.86 million to become Christopher Nolan's best-ever Tuesday, overtaking 2008's "The Dark Knight". The result underscores strong sustained demand for the Nolan epic beyond its opening weekend, reinforcing its status as one of the year's standout theatrical events.
The film, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal and Mia Goth, ranked second among all Tuesdays this year behind Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 5" ($23.69 million), and second only to "Jurassic World" ($24.3 million, 2015) among Universal releases. Having retained all Imax and premium large-format screens into its second weekend, it was forecast to drop 40-50% to between $61.8 million and $74 million, potentially beating the second-weekend holds of Nolan's "The Dark Knight" ($75.1 million, -61%) and "The Dark Knight Rises" ($62.1 million, -61%), though front-loaded blockbuster comparisons were treated cautiously given the film's by-appointment, premium-format appeal. No major studio opened wide against it that weekend, ahead of Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: Brand New Day", while smaller releases including IFC's "Motor City" and Bleecker Street's "Hadestown: The Musical" filled the gap.
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In short
- "The Odyssey" set Nolan's best-ever Tuesday box office takings
- Beat 2008's "The Dark Knight" record with over $20.86m
- Second weekend forecast to hold strongly against Nolan's Batman films
How this story developed
- 4 months ago Fresh detail emerged on the uncontested second-weekend field, with IFC's noir thriller "Motor City" confirmed for roughly 1,600 theatres carrying a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score and Bleecker Street's "Hadestown: The Musical" set for 1,944 theatres after already banking about $5 million in advance ticket sales.
- 4 months ago Universal confirmed the Tuesday haul had actually climbed past $20.86 million, cementing "The Odyssey" as Nolan's best Tuesday on record and placing it second this year only to Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 5" and second among Universal releases only to 2015's "Jurassic World".
- 4 months ago Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" was forecast to notch roughly a $20 million Tuesday in North America, a tally that would eclipse 2008's "The Dark Knight" as his best-ever Tuesday, with early tracking also pointing to an unusually resilient second-weekend hold of $61.8 million to $74 million against smaller counter-programming.
Explained simply
The Odyssey is a big-budget Universal film directed by Christopher Nolan, whose past work includes The Dark Knight trilogy and Oppenheimer. It has an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal and Mia Goth, and was released into cinemas designed for Imax and other large-format screens, formats often used for major event films.
Box office analysts track daily and weekly ticket sales in North America to gauge how well a film is performing and how it compares with past hits. A strong "hold" from one weekend to the next, meaning takings do not fall too sharply, is generally seen as a sign that audiences are recommending the film to others rather than it relying purely on opening-weekend hype.
The film's performance also matters for the wider cinema calendar, since few other major studios have new wide releases scheduled around this period, leaving The Odyssey with less direct competition until Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives.
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Originally published by Deadline as “‘The Odyssey’ Posts Powerful $20M Tuesday; 2nd U.S. Weekend Could Top Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Pics – Box Office”.