RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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No new major genre movies this weekend means the older ones continue to dominate the box office.
That's good news for The Odyssey , which continues to rake in money. Variety reports that its sophomore weekend saw an additional $87 million domestic, down 30% from its impressive debut. It's common for movies, especially R-rated ones, to fall by 50% or more if they opened at $100 million, but that's not the case here. In fact, this makes for the second-biggest week two for an R-rated movie behind Deadpool & Wolverine back in 2024.
At time of writing, Nolan's Greek epic is at $639.6 million worldwide. The $1 billion benchmark is in sight, and one he's previously hit before with the Dark Knight sequels. As is, The Odyssey is basically within arm's reach of Interstellar's $774.7 million global take. Its legs will depend on Friday's Spider-Man: Brand New Day and which of the two they're feeling more. (Or, alternatively, how many are interested in seeing them back-to-back.) A point in Odyssey's favor is that it's got IMAX on its side; as Variety notes, showtimes for 70mm screenings are sold out until September.
Should The Odyssey get to $1 billion, it'll come after Toy Story 5 's crossed the line. Pixar's latest film hit the milestone this weekend after adding another $10 million domestic to its haul. Now at $1.022 billion worldwide, it's the highest-grossing movie of 2022, slightly ahead of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's $1.011 billion. Great news for Disney…the Pixar staff who worked on the film, not so much .
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