Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$193,433,217 | +43% Last Week / +36.1% Weekend 29, 2025
Odysseus rode in on a white horse to save the July box office after a slow start to the month with a string of big budget disappointments . Director Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem set theaters alight with demand for the 3-hour historical fantasy, lifting the box office to year-over-yaer heights as the domestic markets continues on pace to hit $10 billion by year’s end.
- Top Title: The Odyssey (Universal) | $124.5M / 3,919 Screens / $31,768 PSA | Week 1
- Top Opener: The Odyssey (Universal) | $124.5M / 3,919 Screens / $31,768 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: The Odyssey (Universal) | $124.5M / 3,919 Screens / $31,768 PSA | Week 1
1. The Odyssey
Universal | NEW
$124.5M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $264.1M Global Total
Universal’s Homeric epic The Odyssey earned $124.5M from 3,919 screens for a $31,768 Per Screen Average. To put that in perspective, that’s nearly the entire box office take from last weekend ($126M).
This three-hour star-studded behemoth was a triumph on all fronts, including a 95% Rotten Tomatoes critical score, 97% audience, and an “A” CinemaScore. It was also…
- The third-biggest opening weekend of 2026 behind Toy Story 5 and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Biggest live-action debut in 2026
- Biggest R-rated opening in 2026
- Universal’s #1 R-rated opening ever
- Christopher Nolan’s third biggest weekend behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $17.6M in Thursday previews (more than Toy Story 5‘s previews)…
- Friday – $51.1M
- Saturday – $41.66M
- Sunday – $31.7M
The audience was 59% male/41% female. Even though there was virtually no appeal to anyone 17 and under at 4%, older age quadrants came out in force, the biggest being the age 25-34 millennials at 30% while 35-55’s represented 46%. This is more proof that “the olds” can still make waves at the box office, especially when the emphasis has been on kiddie fare in the weeks prior. Here’s how demographics looked…
- Caucasian – 50%
- Hispanic – 22%
- African American – 12%
- Asian – 9%
- NATAM/Other – 6%
All eyes were on PLFs this frame, with special emphasis on IMAX since this was touted as the first film shot entirely in its 70mm film stock. IMAX is reporting $29.6M ($51.8M WW) from The Odyssey, or 23.8% market share from just 444 screens, about an eighth of domestic screen real estate. The highly-coveted 70mm IMAX tickets sold out instantly after first being put on sale last summer, leading some of those 33 venues North American venues to run the movie in rare early morning 2am, 3am, and 6am screenings to meet demand. Overall, PLFs were responsible for 53% of the domestic weekend gross…
- IMAX 70mm – 3%
- IMAX digital – 20%
- 70mm – 3%
- 35mm – 0.3%
- Non-Dolby PLF – 20%
- Dolby – 4%
Overseas, The Odyssey proved just as mighty with $139.6M from 73 markets for a $264.1M global tally. That’s Nolan’s biggest international bow, and already over a quarter of the way to the big billion, which, if it continues to pace at Oppenheimer levels, it could reach. Top 10 markets include the UK/Ireland ($17.4M), France ($13.7M), Italy ($11.5M), Australia ($9.2M), Germany ($8M), India ($7.2M), Mexico ($7M), Spain ($5.2M), Brazil ($4.7M), and the UAE ($2.975M)
Other Notable Performances
Disney’s Moana continued its fall from grace with a -56% drop from a lukewarm debut, earning an estimated $19M for second place. That brings the domestic total to $82M while the WW stands at $178.48M. Meanwhile, Minions & Monsters and Toy Story 5 are in a dead heat for third with an estimated $14.8M each, the photo finish to be decided come Monday actuals.
Next Week
Big studios smartly steered clear of next frame with only a few smaller indies launching, likely as barnacles on the side of the The Odyssey. Director Nicolas Winding Refn delivers his first theatrical picture in a decade with Neon’s Her Private Hell, an arty sci-fi horror film for which reviews have not been great (47% RT). Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson leads Motor City, a virtually dialogue-free revenge-o-matic action flick which currently boasts a 71% on RT.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 29 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $193,433,217 | (+36.1% vs 2025)
| Rank | Title | Weekend Est. | Screens | PSA | Total | Week | Distributor |
| 1 | The Odyssey | $124,500,000 | 3,919 | $31,768 | $124,500,000 | 1 | Universal |
| 2 | Moana | $19,000,000 | 4,200 | $4,524 | $82,081,410 | 2 | Disney |
| 3 | Toy Story 5 | $14,800,000 | 3,400 | $4,353 | $430,918,566 | 5 | Disney |
| 4 | Minions & Monsters | $14,800,000 | 3,510 | $4,217 | $137,584,000 | 3 | Universal |
| 5 | Evil Dead Burn | $5,000,000 | 3,004 | $1,664 | $24,151,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | The Invite | $3,905,909 | 2,110 | $1,851 | $15,017,889 | 4 | A24 |
| 7 | Young Washington | $3,678,487 | 2,275 | $1,617 | $41,018,236 | 3 | Angel Studios |
| 8 | Obsession | $2,500,000 | 1,524 | $1,640 | $258,491,000 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 9 | Supergirl | $1,525,000 | 1,572 | $970 | $69,957,000 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Disclosure Day | $1,450,000 | 1,299 | $1,116 | $114,704,000 | 6 | Universal |
| 11 | Backrooms | $714,828 | 742 | $963 | $195,963,464 | 8 | A24 |
| 12 | Scary Movie | $255,000 | 225 | $1,133 | $107,992,000 | 7 | Paramount |
| 13 | jackass: best and last | $240,000 | 305 | $787 | $18,020,000 | 4 | Paramount |
| 14 | Dastaar | $222,139 | 125 | $1,777 | $222,139 | 1 | White Hill Studios |
| 15 | Dhamaal 4 | $179,703 | 100 | $1,797 | $994,741 | 2 | Shree International |
| 16 | Michael | $150,000 | 165 | $909 | $372,206,000 | 13 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass | $124,454 | 357 | $349 | $1,338,057 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $120,000 | 90 | $1,333 | $177,534,904 | 9 | Disney |
| 19 | Maddie’s Secret | $80,500 | 84 | $958 | $1,003,756 | 5 | Magnolia |
| 20 | Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | $49,224 | 30 | $1,641 | $170,640 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 21 | Leviticus | $34,400 | 50 | $688 | $7,180,557 | 5 | Neon |
| 22 | The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $32,000 | 40 | $800 | $220,525,976 | 12 | 20th Century Studios |
| 23 | The Death of Robin Hood | $15,818 | 20 | $791 | $5,283,790 | 5 | A24 |
| 24 | I Love Boosters | $14,642 | 15 | $976 | $9,743,067 | 9 | Neon |
| 25 | Sherman’s March (4K Restoration) | $12,900 | 8 | $1,612 | $56,686 | 3 | Music Box Films |
| 26 | The Kidnapping of Arabella | $10,869 | 1 | $10,869 | $10,869 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 27 | Remake | $8,275 | 6 | $1,379 | $23,351 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 28 | Reading Lolita in Tehran | $7,000 | 2 | $3,500 | $23,852 | 2 | Greenwich Entertainment |
| 29 | Underland | $2,069 | 4 | $517 | $15,236 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
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