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'The Odyssey' Tops 'Oppenheimer' Box Office Opening With $84.5 Million Second Weekend
TheWrap • • general
Key Points:
- Universal/Syncopy’s “The Odyssey” earned $25.9 million on Friday, with an estimated $84.5 million domestic total for its second weekend, dropping only 32% from its $123.5 million opening.
- The film is on track to surpass $500 million worldwide before releasing in South Korea, China, and Japan, with a $1 billion global total virtually guaranteed.
- “The Odyssey” is outperforming Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” with a 10-day domestic total of $283.2 million, 62% ahead in pace, and expected to exceed “Oppenheimer’s” $330 million North American run soon.
- The film is dominating the North American box office this weekend, accounting for an estimated 60% of all grosses amid no major competing releases.
- The only new entry in the top five is Bleecker Street’s “Hadestown,” a limited release of the Tony-winning Broadway adaptation, estimated to earn $9 million from 1,949 locations.
