Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is at $911 million worldwide after three weekends, and Universal has become the first studio past $4 billion at the global box office in 2026.
Deadline puts the film’s third global weekend at $136.2 million, with $68 million of it from IMAX screens — the large-format exhibitor’s second-highest-grossing weekend ever. Universal’s year-to-date total splits into $1.53 billion domestically and $2.48 billion internationally. It is the studio’s first $4 billion year since 2023 and the fifth in its history. Only three films have crossed $1 billion worldwide in 2026, and two of them are Universal’s: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael.
The $1 billion question
The Odyssey needs about $90 million more to join them, and the pace suggests it will not take long. It should also soon pass The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08 billion) and The Dark Knight ($1.008 billion) to become Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever — and it has yet to open in China, Japan or Korea. The run has been part of a record-breaking summer at large: the collective weekend marketplace hit $430 million, the biggest in box office history. “The combination of ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’ — a legacy superhero sequel and a big original production — is taking the box office to new highs by a comfortable margin,” FranchiseRe’s David A. Gross told Variety, calling the numbers “stunning”. In other words, the record weekend was a two-film job.
What it means if you’re watching in the UAE
The Odyssey is still in UAE cinemas. VOX Cinemas’ IMAX run started on 16 July, billed as bringing “Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time”, with Novo also screening it. In local currency, the cume is roughly AED 3.35 billion. tbreak covered the record $264.1 million opening and the 19% week-two dip; if you have not caught it on IMAX yet, Deadline’s numbers are making the case for you.
How much has The Odyssey made at the box office?
$911 million worldwide after three weekends, with the $1 billion mark expected imminently.
Will The Odyssey become Nolan’s highest-grossing film?
It needs to pass The Dark Knight Rises’ $1.08 billion. At $911 million, with China, Japan and Korea still to open, it is on track.
Is The Odyssey still in UAE cinemas?
Yes — VOX Cinemas has been running it on IMAX since 16 July and Novo is screening it too.
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