By the end of this weekend, The Odyssey will have crushed the ultimate record, becoming Universal's highest grossing movie ever at the global box office with $1..684 billion. The pic will sail above Universal's previous ...
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PUBLISHED SAT, SEP 12, 2026 4:01 PM UTC • 6 MIN READ
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By the end of this weekend, The Odyssey will have crushed the ultimate record, becoming Universal 's highest grossing movie ever at the global box office with $1..684 billion.
The pic will sail above Universal's previous record-breaker, 2015's Jurassic World which ended its run at $1.677 billion.
By Sunday, The Odyssey will count $601.2M million domestic and $1.083 billion international becoming the 12 th highest-grossing film ever and the third-biggest non-franchise title of all time.
In-Depth Developments & Factual Context
As we've reported, The Odyssey quite some time ago became Christopher Nolan's highest grossing movie of his career, both domestic (clicking past Dark Knight 's $534.9M) and worldwide ($1.085B).
"What Chris and Emma [Thomas] have created will go down as one of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed films in cinematic history. A generational event that galvanizes moviegoing itself," said Donna Langley, Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment.
-Biggest opening for director Christopher Nolan ahead of Dark Knight Rises internationally and globally ($139.6M international, $264.1M worldwide).
Industry Impact & Strategic Analysis
-Biggest opening weekend for Imax 70MM domestically ($6.3M)
-Biggest Universal R-rated opening weekend domestically ($123.5M).
- Highest-grossing film for director Christopher Nolan domestically, internationally and globally.
Forward Outlook & Market Perspective
- Highest-grossing R-rated film of all time (beating Deadpool & Wolverine 's $1.33B).
- First non-sequel and non-remake to gross over $1 billion internationally since 2009.
- Second-highest-grossing film of the year (after Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day which is approaching $935M+ by Sunday).
In addition to this global milestone, The Odyssey is also the highest-grossing Universal Pictures film of all time in 45 international markets, including Australia, France, Italy, India and Korea. The Odyssey remains the second-highest grossing Universal Pictures film domestically behind Jurassic World ($653.4M).
Universal continues to lead all major studios with more than $4.92 billion to-date. The studio was the first to cross $4 billion at the global box office this year and the first to cross $3 billion at the international box office.
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