‘The Odyssey’ Is Heading Home With Special Edition Blu-Ray Release — SkimNews
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- The Odyssey will be released on VOD, 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 17, exactly four months after its U.S. theatrical debut, with the release first announced in August
- The collectible Steelbook and a $300 three-disc set have both sold out online since landing, though the film remains available to buy or rent digitally on the same day
- Universal Pictures, the film's distributor, has not announced a streaming date, though the release is expected to eventually land on Peacock
- The film earned more than $1.7 billion worldwide against a $250 million budget per Box Office Mojo, with a significant portion of revenue coming from IMAX screens it was specifically filmed for
- Starring Matt Damon alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong'o, the film adapts Homer's 2,700-year-old epic poem about Odysseus's journey home from the Trojan War, structured in Nolan's signature non-linear timeline
- Rolling Stone critic David Fear praised the final product, writing that 'it's hard to deny the accomplishment that he's brought to the screen' once a viewer lets the film sweep them up
Why it matters: Collectors who waited for the $300 premium set already missed the window at launch, while the $1.7 billion gross against a $250 million budget positions this as one of the year's most lucrative theatrical-to-home transitions. A four-month theatrical window is notably short for a tentpole, signaling Nolan's commercial leverage with Universal.
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