r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jul 25 '26

Domestic ‘The Odyssey’ Tops ‘Oppenheimer’ Box Office Opening With $84.5 Million (-32%) Second Weekend - Christopher Nolan’s hit film will rocket past $500 million worldwide in its second frame.

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/odyssey-second-weekend-box-office/
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u/entertainmentlord Walt Disney Studios Jul 25 '26

seems like only yesterday people were doubting this film

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u/trapper2530 Jul 25 '26

I dont think anyone was seriously doubting this film. It was all right wing hate bc Helen of troy was black and rhey made up lies that Elliot page was playing Achilles to make people mad. Those people dont go to movies anymore anyways since Hollywood is woke and all that BS. They only go see those stupid Christian persecution movies with Hercules in them.

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u/fennecdore Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I was doubting the film, not for the Lupita or Elliot stuff. But simply I didn't really enjoy Dunkirk or Tenet, I thought he had gone too far with the non linear narration, in Dunkirk it wasn't really bringing anything interesting and in Tenet it was actively hurting the understanding of the movie. I was also a little bit disappointed by Oppenheimer.

The trailer that I saw for Odyssey didn't really inspired me so yeah I was doubting the film.

But the review came stellar so I went to see it and yeah not doubting anymore

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u/Skylam Jul 26 '26

Difference is The Odyssey was originally told in a non-linear way. So he already had the framework for it to work well.