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EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey continues to predominate nan container agency today, fueling a Monday that’s estimated to beryllium $17.5M.
If those figures stick, that will beryllium nan champion Monday year-to-date, besting Toy Story 5‘s $17.3M Monday connected June 22, arsenic good arsenic that of nan highest grossing live-action pic truthful acold successful 2026, which was Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu‘s Memorial Day Monday of $16.4M.
Among Nolan movies connected a Monday, The Odyssey ranks 3rd down Dark Knight ($24.4M, July 21, 2008) and Dark Knight Rises ($19.3M, July 23, 2012). Oppenheimer‘s first Monday minted $12.67M.
Look around, and Imax seats are difficult to get successful nan container agency capitals of Los Angeles and NYC. TCL’s Chinese Theatre connected Hollywood Blvd (which was nan Nolan’s pic’s highest grossing theatre complete nan play pinch $523K; not to mention The Odyssey was nan venue’s biggest opening play of all-time beating Star Wars: Force Awakens‘ $455K) has hardly immoderate seats disposable for nan 7PM Imax 70MM show coming successful nan main theatre while nan 10:55PM show has nan first 2 rows open. Over astatine AMC Lincoln Center successful NYC, it’s akin script pinch sellouts aliases adjacent sellouts successful Imax auditoriums. At Regal’s caller shiny revamped Sherman Oaks Galleria, Imax seats are difficult to get tonight, but their luxurious RPX Barco No. 1 auditorium has plentifulness of seats disposable astatine nan clip of this station for some nan 5:45PM and 9:40PM show.
The moving cume done 4 days for nan characteristic return of Homer’s poem stands astatine $141M domestic, 48% higher than Oppenheimer over its Friday-Monday. That multi-Oscar winning movie ended its North American tally astatine $330M. The 3-day came successful somewhat little (but still holding nan grounds for nan champion live-action pic opening this twelvemonth for North America) astatine $123.5M versus nan reported $124.5M. International was higher astatine $140.2M (versus reported $139.6M) putting nan world debut astatine $263.7M, still nan champion that Nolan has ever seen successful his profession up of Dark Knight Rises WW $249M world opening and overseas start.
Estimates coming travel from sources. Universal didn’t respond to petition for comment.
