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‘The Odyssey’ To Pass ‘Oppenheimer’s Lifetime B.O. In 13 Days; ‘Hadestown’ Sings $2M+ Monday – Box Office
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is on track to overtake the lifetime domestic box office total of his 2023 film "Oppenheimer" in just 13 days, a feat that took "Oppenheimer" 595 days to achieve. This underlines the strength of the Homer adaptation's early run and cements it as a major commercial success for Nolan and star Matt Damon, even as the film heads into a weekend facing strong new competition.
The Odyssey took $14.7M on its second Monday and is projected to hit roughly $16M for the day, pushing its running total to about $320.1M; it should pass $330M by Wednesday, making it Nolan's third-highest domestic grosser behind "The Dark Knight" ($534.9M) and "The Dark Knight Rises" ($448.1M), and Damon's biggest leading-role hit. Its third weekend is expected to dip by up to 50% (to around $45M) as "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" opens. Elsewhere, the Broadway concert film "Hadestown" took $2.2M on Monday, second only to "The Odyssey", with takings nearing $1.4M today and a running total just under $14M; its limited run has been extended into a second weekend across 1,560 locations.
In short
- "The Odyssey" set to beat "Oppenheimer's" total box office in 13 days
- It becomes Nolan's third-highest grossing film, Damon's biggest lead role
- "Hadestown" film earns $2.2M Monday, extended for a second weekend
Explained simply
'The Odyssey' is a new film directed by Christopher Nolan, a filmmaker renowned for ambitious blockbusters that combine artistic ambition with broad commercial appeal. It is an adaptation of Homer's ancient epic poem and stars actor Matt Damon in the lead role.
A film's box office performance tracks ticket sales and serves as the primary measure of commercial success and audience appeal. Box office comparisons are frequently made in the entertainment industry to assess whether a new film has achieved exceptional performance relative to other releases.
'Oppenheimer', Christopher Nolan's previous film from 2023 about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb, was both a critical and commercial success that won multiple Academy Awards. When new releases are compared to the lifetime box office totals of previous hits, it helps the industry measure whether they have achieved similarly exceptional performance.
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