Long Range Forecast – July 17, 2026
The Odyssey | Universal
Domestic Opening Weekend Range: $100M – $120M
Christopher Nolan follows up his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer with The Odyssey, based on the classic Greek take of Odysseus’ long and troubled trek home after the Trojan War. The epic should do fantastic numbers on Imax, where 70mm screenings sold out in major cities a year ahead of release.
Our forecasting panel has The Odyssey surpassing the opening weekend of Oppenheimer, which came out on the same weekend in 2023. With the exception of day-and-date 2020 release Tenet, Nolan’s post-Dark Knight Rises filmography has been marked by progressively larger opening weekends: $47.5M for 2014’s Interstellar; $50.5M for 2017’s Dunkirk; $82.4M for Oppenheimer, one half of the Barbenheimer craze that swept the industry three summers ago. The immense success of that film, which topped out at $330M, should drive interest in The Odyssey, like Oppenheimer an historical epic with a sizeable ensemble cast of A-listers.
Expect The Odyssey‘s opening weekend PLF numbers to be immense; nearly half of Oppenheimer‘s opening weekend ticket sales came from premium formats, helping to kick off a PLF boom that’s seen exhibitors scrambling to add more PLF screens in the years since. On The Odyssey‘s second weekend, it’s going to lose a substantial portion of premium screens to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, giving these debut weekend premium screenings something of a FOMO quality.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Tracking Updates [As Of 7/3/26]
| Release Date | Title | Predicted Opening Range | Distributor |
| 7/1 | Minions & Monsters | $65M – $75M (3-Day); $85M – $95M (5-Day) | Universal |
| 7/3 | Young Washington | $12M – $17M (3-Day); $15M – $20M (4-Day) | Angel |
| 7/10 | Evil Dead Burn | $25M – $35M | Warner Bros. |
| 7/10 | Moana | $60M – $70M | Disney |
| 7/17 | The Odyssey | $100M – $120M | Universal |
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