Refresh for updates…Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is just laying siege and holding the box office fort at the domestic box office, but worldwide. OMG, the second global weekend was $215.3M, a -18% dip from the Universal pic’s opening which was $263.7M WW. Of that global total, Imax is driving $140M or 53%.
Soon, Universal can boast that they own three movies that have crossed $1 billion at the global box office, after Michael ($1.015B) and Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1.011B).
(L-R): Bullseye, Jessie, and Lilypad in Disney and Pixar’s TOY STORY 5. Photo courtesy of Pixar. © 2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
Speaking of movies that crossed $1 billion, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 became the highest grossing movie of the year at $1.022B, and the third movie to cross a billion YTD. It’s also Disney’s first movie this year to cross $1B. Gotta say, the entire global year is looking fantastic. And we haven’t even gotten to Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day yet, which stateside, NRG has at $195M, I hear, with rivals predicting a $250M U.S./Canada start. 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home opened to $260.1M U.S, and $600.5M worldwide (the third highest opening at the global box office, unadjusted for inflation and currency swings).
The Odyssey‘s overseas second weekend also dipped -10% with $128.3M after a strong start in eight CIS markets at 270 screens, including 9 Imax hubs. Weekend was $2.3M, more than double Oppenheimer, led by Kazakhstan ($1.3M).
The movie which was shot in Imax collected $48M WW from the exhibitor’s screens, which makes it the highest grossing sophomore weekend in Imax history. It’s also Max’s third highest grossing global weekend of all-time. North America counted $24.1M in weekend 2 with a running total of $78M, while the second frame abroad is $24M with a running total of $62M. The 70MM Imax second frame made $5.2M worldwide for a running cume near $17M. Imax reports that most 70MM showtimes are sold out into September. The Odyssey in Imax posted the second-highest global weekend for the large format exhib in like-for-like markets of ex-China, Japan and South Korea, behind Odyssey’s opening weekend.
Second weekend holds include UK/Ireland, -11% with a near $15M, and running cume of $46.3M, above Oppenheimer and Dark Knight Rises, and already ahead of the lifetimes of Interstellar and Tenet.
France is $12.3M, still No. 1, with a running cume of $31.8M. The Odyssey already become the fourth-biggest film of the year. The cume has already surpassed the lifetimes of Dunkirk, Interstellar, and Tenet. Performance is above Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight Rises at the same point.
Odysseus is still No. 1 in Italia, with $10.5M, 88% of the weekend’s biz and a near $29M cume. That’s the biggest second weekend of all-time for a Hollywood movie with The Odyssey the country’s third biggest movie of the year and Nolan’s second biggest there of all-time. Of course, it’s ahead of Oppenheimer at the same point.
Australia’s second frame declined only -16% for a No. 1 of $7.9M and running total of $20.7M, ahead of the lifetime of Dunkirk and Interstellar, and ahead of Oppenheimer and Dark Knight Rises at the same point in time.
Germany’s second weekend No. 1 hold is -7% with $7.8M, and a cume of $20.5M, yes, besting the lifetimes of Interstellar and Tenet and above Oppenheimer and Dark Knight Rises at same point in time.
Mexico’s second frame is -2% with a No. 1 of $7.5M, cume of $19M, above Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight Rises at the same point, and ahead of the lifetimes of Tenet, Dunkirk and Interstellar.
Spain second weekend at No. 1 delivered close to $5M with a $15.5M cume, ahead of the lifetime of Dark Knight Rises and above Oppenheimer at the same point.
Brazil’s second frame at No. 1 delivered $4.6M and $11.1M cume, performing above Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight Rises at the same point.
With a $3.6M second weekend and $14.4M cume, The Odyssey is the biggest MPA title in India to date and Nolan’s second biggest there, well ahead of Oppenheimer.
Netherlands second weekend with Odysseus was also No. 1 with a near $3M, and $7.7M running cume, making it one of the top five pics there for the year and above Oppenheimer at the same point in time.
Saudi Arabia had an excellent hold, +3% from last weekend with $2.7M and a running total of $7.2M, a performance in line with Oppenheimer.
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