EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey continues to dominate the field workplace, fueling a Monday that’s estimated to be $17.5 million.
If these figures stick, that would be the greatest Monday year-to-date within the U.S./Canada, besting Toy Story 5‘s $17.3M Monday on June 22 in addition to that of the highest-grossing live-action pic to date in 2026, which was Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu‘s Memorial Day Monday of $16.4M.
Amongst Nolan motion pictures on a Monday, The Odyssey ranks third behind The Darkish Knight ($24.4M, July 21, 2008) and The Darkish Knight Rises ($19.3M, July 23, 2012). Oppenheimer‘s first Monday minted $12.67M.
Go searching, and Imax seats are arduous to seize within the field workplace capitals of Los Angeles and New York Metropolis. TCL’s Chinese language Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard (the pic’s highest-grossing theater over the weekend with $523,000, to not point out the venue’s largest opening weekend of all time beating Star Wars: The Drive Awakens‘ $455K) has hardly any seats out there for the 7 p.m. Imax 70MM present tonight in the principle theater, whereas the ten:55 p.m. present has the primary two rows open.
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Over at AMC Lincoln Heart in NYC it’s an analogous situation, with sellouts or close to sellouts in Imax auditoriums. At Regal’s shiny, revamped Sherman Oaks Galleria, Imax seats are additionally arduous to get tonight, however their luxurious RPX Barco No. 1 auditorium has loads of seats out there on the time of this put up for each the 5:45 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. exhibits.
The operating cume via 4 days for Nolan’s tackle Homer’s epic poem stands at $141M home, 48% larger than 2023’s Oppenheimer over its Friday-Monday; that multi-Oscar-winning film ended its North American run at $330M. Odyssey‘s 3-day got here in barely decrease (however nonetheless holding the file for the perfect live-action pic opening this yr for North America) at $123.5M, versus the reported $124.5M. Worldwide was larger at $140.2M, versus the reported $139.6M, placing the worldwide debut at $263.7M, nonetheless the perfect that Nolan has seen in his profession, forward of the worldwide opening and international begin for 2012’s Darkish Knight Rises ($249M worldwide).
Estimates tonight come from sources. Common didn’t reply to request for remark.
