Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$141,629,901 | -30.9% Last Week / -26.7% Weekend 30, 2025
Mythological mega-hit The Odyssey once again carried the domestic and international box office with excellent holds on all fronts, helping to drive the overall above $100M during a week bereft of major new releases. It is the fourteenth consecutive $100M+ weekend for domestic exhibitors, its longest rally above the benchmark since 2023. While business for the epic was robust, family holdovers like Moana, Toy Story, and Minions & Monsters began to buckle, with Spider-Man’s services much needed next frame. Year-over-year was weak compared to last year’s splashy debut of Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps.
- Top Title: The Odyssey (Universal) | $87M / 3,942 Screens / $22,070 PSA | Week 2
- Top Opener: The Odyssey (Universal) | $87M / 3,942 Screens / $22,070 PSA | Week 2
- Best PSA: The Odyssey (Universal) | $87M / 3,942 Screens / $22,070 PSA | Week 2
1. The Odyssey
Universal Pictures | Week 2
$87M 3-Day Weekend | $286.37M Domestic Total
$639.57M Global Total
Universal Pictures once again dominated the weekend box office with Christopher Nolan’s behemoth adaptation of The Odyssey, which brought in $87M from 3,942 locations for a $22,070 Per Screen Average. That’s once again above our panel’s high-end forecast for this title, dropping only 30% from a spectacular Frame 1, with a $286.37M domestic total that makes it Nolan’s fifth-biggest grosser. It will unseat 2010’s Inception ($292.58M) for fourth on that list tomorrow, on pace to overtake Oppenheimer ($330M) before next weekend.
This represents the second-highest-grossing second frame for an R-rated film, behind Deadpool & Wolverine only. It is also the third-highest second-frame hold for a film that opened to more than $100M behind Wicked and Top Gun: Maverick. IMAX screens earned $48M globally, half of that from domestic screens of the large format (18.7% North American market share), with most 70mm showtimes sold out into September. It is probably no coincidence that Marvel just announced Black Panther III will shoot on large format celluloid.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including a rare Sunday that’s bigger than the Friday…
- Friday – $25.8M
- Saturday – $34.55M
- Sunday – $26.65M
Overseas, The Odyssey earned enough to enter the Top 5 global releases of the year with $128.3M from 11,200 locations in 81 markets, only dropping an average of 10% from holdovers, earning a grand total of $639.6M WW so far. Crossing the billion landmark feels like the smallest achievement this movie is capable of at this point, especially with major markets like Korea, China, and Japan yet to open. The current Top 3 territories are UK & Ireland ($46.3M), France ($31.8M), and Italy ($28.88M).
Other Notable Performances
While specialty releases like Motor City ($1.6M) and Her Private Hell ($530K) barely made a dent, the lack of new tentpoles left a vacuum, which allowed yet another disruptor title to profit. Bleecker Street’s release of Hadestown: The Musical came in at #4 with $9.69M from 1,949 screens for a $4,973 PSA. The Tony and Grammy-winning musical was taped early last year, and with its Greek mythology themes paired perfectly with the hype from The Odyssey.
Not only did #3 movie Disney’s Toy Story 5 ($10M) trounce Minions & Monsters again ($9.6M, #5), it crossed the coveted $1B mark to $1.022B WW. It has passed Michael and Super Mario Galaxy to become the #1 domestic and global title of the year, although either Spider-Man or The Odyssey could unseat it before schools are back in session. At $448.55M it has now surpassed Toy Story 4 as the 4th biggest domestic Pixar title, and with this level of holding power it is nipping at the heels of Finding Dory ($486.29M).
Next Week
While first reactions won’t roll out until tomorrow at the earliest, Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the kind of franchise title that is both review-proof and superhero fatigue-proof. The first two in the Tom Holland-led series averaged a billion each, while 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home nearly did $2B WW. There is enough residual goodwill and hype over Hulk and Punisher’s inclusion that we are looking at a very likely $200M+ opening weekend. In the specialty arena, Magnolia and Black Bear are delivering I Want Your Sex from provocateur filmmaker Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation, Mysterious Skin). Starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, the erotic comedy thriller currently boasts an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 30 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $141,629,901 | (-26.7% vs 2025)
| Rank | Title | Weekend Est. | Screens | PSA | Total | Week | Distributor |
| 1 | The Odyssey | $87,000,000 | 3,942 | $22,070 | $286,372,000 | 2 | Universal |
| 2 | Moana | $10,500,000 | 4,015 | $2,615 | $102,469,653 | 3 | Disney |
| 3 | Toy Story 5 | $10,000,000 | 3,375 | $2,963 | $448,555,658 | 6 | Disney |
| 4 | Hadestown: The Musical | $9,692,712 | 1,949 | $4,973 | $9,692,712 | 1 | Bleecker Street |
| 5 | Minions & Monsters | $9,600,000 | 3,386 | $2,835 | $155,388,000 | 4 | Universal |
| 6 | The Invite | $2,636,270 | 2,032 | $1,297 | $19,815,154 | 5 | A24 |
| 7 | Evil Dead Burn | $2,610,000 | 2,385 | $1,094 | $29,184,000 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Young Washington | $1,991,286 | 2,029 | $981 | $44,962,544 | 4 | Angel Studios |
| 9 | Motor City | $1,625,000 | 1,600 | $1,016 | $1,625,000 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 10 | Obsession | $1,500,000 | 1,203 | $1,247 | $261,364,000 | 11 | Focus Features |
| 11 | Jana Nayagan | $730,622 | 415 | $1,761 | $1,347,800 | 1 | Prime Media Pictures |
| 12 | Disclosure Day | $650,000 | 922 | $705 | $115,995,000 | 7 | Universal |
| 13 | Supergirl | $630,000 | 902 | $698 | $71,475,000 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Her Private Hell | $530,000 | 675 | $785 | $530,000 | 1 | Neon Rated |
| 15 | Chennai Love Story | $405,386 | 341 | $1,189 | $405,386 | 1 | Prathyangira Cinemas |
| 16 | Pinocchio Unstrung | $397,423 | 500 | $795 | $397,423 | 1 | Viva Pictures Distribution |
| 17 | Bad Counselors | $330,631 | 678 | $488 | $451,597 | 1 | Fathom Entertainment |
| 18 | Backrooms | $325,520 | 552 | $590 | $196,762,885 | 9 | A24 |
| 19 | Scary Movie | $126,000 | 141 | $894 | $108,229,000 | 8 | Paramount |
| 20 | Jackass: Best and Last | $87,000 | 144 | $604 | $18,227,000 | 5 | Paramount |
| 21 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $73,000 | 60 | $1,217 | $177,667,995 | 10 | Disney |
| 22 | Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | $54,379 | 39 | $1,394 | $280,027 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 23 | Reading Lolita in Tehran | $47,500 | 113 | $420 | $73,493 | 3 | Greenwich Entertainment |
| 24 | Sheep in the Box | $33,090 | 3 | $11,030 | $33,090 | 1 | Neon Rated |
| 25 | Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass | $14,943 | 25 | $598 | $1,417,691 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | The Death of Robin Hood | $13,524 | 16 | $845 | $5,308,269 | 6 | A24 |
| 27 | The Hole (1998) (re) | $10,673 | 3 | $3,558 | $30,069 | 3 | Independent Films |
| 28 | The Piano (4K Re-release) | $9,453 | 2 | $4,726 | $9,453 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | The Kidnapping of Arabella | $5,489 | 3 | $1,830 | $16,682 | 2 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
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