The Odyssey Passes Oppenheimer's $330M in 13 Days
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- The Odyssey will outstrip Oppenheimer's $330M domestic lifetime gross in 13 days of release, a milestone Oppenheimer took 595 days to reach.
- The film posted $14.7M on its second Monday with Tuesday tracking $16M+; running total is expected to hit $320.1M Tuesday and cross $330M+ by EOD Wednesday.
- It's now Nolan's third-highest-grossing domestic release after The Dark Knight ($534.9M) and The Dark Knight Rises ($448.1M).
- Matt Damon's highest-grossing film in a leading role at the domestic box office is now The Odyssey.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day's projected ~$200M North American opening is expected to cut The Odyssey's third weekend by 50% at most, around $45M.
- Hadestown (Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment's Broadway capture) was Monday's No. 2 with $2.2M, running total just under $14M, and is extending past its original five-day run into a second weekend at 1,560 locations.
Why it matters: The Odyssey is outpacing Oppenheimer's domestic trajectory by roughly 45x (13 days vs. 595), maintaining $14.7M-$16M+ weekday grosses. Matt Damon has his highest-grossing domestic leading role, and the film's third weekend will test whether Spider-Man: Brand New Day's ~$200M opening forces a sharper decline than the projected 50% ease.
