The Odyssey beats Oppenheimer with director’s biggest opening weekend

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is showing no signs of slowing down at the global box office. The epic action-adventure has earned an estimated $346 million worldwide in its first week, making it Christopher Nolan's biggest box office opening ever and one of the highest-grossing films of 2026. Made on a reported $250 million budget, the adaptation of Homer's epic poem recovered its production cost within just three days of release.