The Odyssey Dethrones Deadpool & Wolverine as Top R-Rated Film
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- The Odyssey has grossed $1.352 billion globally to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, surpassing Deadpool & Wolverine's $1.33B 2024 final — a fact Ryan Reynolds acknowledged on social media before Universal confirmed it
- The Odyssey is now Christopher Nolan's highest-grossing film worldwide, surpassing his previous record-holder, 2012's The Dark Knight Rises ($1.085B)
- The Odyssey ranks as the second-highest-grossing worldwide YTD film, trailing only Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($2.039B), and is one of five films to cross $1B this year
- Broken out through Wednesday, the film has earned $835.6M overseas and $516.3M domestically after opening July 17 in North America
- The Odyssey posted a $264.1M global opening — Nolan's biggest ever, ahead of The Dark Knight Rises ($249M WW) — including a $139.6M overseas bow that topped his prior international best
- Deadpool & Wolverine still holds the global opening record for an R-rated film at $444.7M ($211.4M domestic); the source frames The Odyssey's win as a story of sustained legs and IMAX turnout rather than opening firepower
- The film's $123.5M domestic opening ranks third among Nolan's debuts, behind The Dark Knight Rises ($160.8M) and The Dark Knight ($158.4M)
Why it matters: The Odyssey's $1.352B run repositions an R-rated literary adaptation as Hollywood's new R-rated ceiling at a moment when franchise tentpoles have dominated the top tier — and it simultaneously overtakes Nolan's own Dark Knight Rises as his lifetime worldwide high. For Universal, the milestone proves that a prestige-driven, non-FRanchise R-rated film can out-gross Marvel's R-rated champion, though Deadpool & Wolverine retains the opening-weekend crown at $444.7M global.
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