The Odyssey Smashes Records with $264M Global Debut

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No one expected a whisper to turn into a roar so quickly. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stormed the box office in its opening weekend, pulling in $124.5 million domestically and $139.5 million overseas for a $264 million global bow.

It’s a landmark start for several reasons. For Matt Damon, it marks his strongest opening performance to date. For Universal, it’s the studio’s biggest R-rated launch. For Nolan, it ranks as his third-best domestic opener and the biggest worldwide opening of his career, edging past The Dark Knight Rises, which previously held a $249 million opening week.

Why the frenzy? Nolan’s name still sells tickets, yes. But there’s more: audiences craved spectacle, star power, and a summer event that felt cinematic again. The Odyssey delivered those elements in spades.

Disney’s live-action Moana, led by Dwayne Johnson, slips to second with $19 million domestically this weekend. After two weeks, Moana sits at $82 million at home and $96.4 million internationally, giving it $178.4 million worldwide. Even so, with a reported production budget near $250 million, the picture needs roughly $500 million to reach breakeven—a steep climb.

Toy Story 5 keeps chugging toward the billion-dollar mark. In its fifth week, Pixar’s latest brought in $14.8 million domestically, pushing its U.S. total to $431 million. International receipts of $527.5 million lift the global haul to $958.5 million—teetering on the edge of the billion-dollar club.

Illumination’s Minions & Monsters also posted $14.8 million this weekend, its third week yielding a domestic total of $137.5 million and $220.3 million from overseas markets. The film now stands at $357.8 million worldwide.

Horror fans kept supporting Evil Dead Burn, which added $5 million in its second weekend and now totals $24.1 million domestically and $27.2 million internationally, for a global tally of $51.3 million.

Beyond the top five, the rest of the weekend looked like this: The Invite at $3.9 million (global $22.8M), Young Washington at $3.6 million (global $41M), Obsession holding at $2.5 million (an impressive $422.6M global so far), Supergirl at $1.5 million (global $120.8M), and Disclosure Day rounding out the Top 10 with $1.4 million (global $234.7M).

Numbers like these rewrite weekend expectations. Studios will be watching opening trajectories and international legs closely this week as The Odyssey’s ripple effect settles across theaters worldwide.