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One of the most popular stories in the history of humanity continues to do well at the box office. In its second weekend, Chistopher Nolan’s The Odyssey earned another $87 million at the domestic box office, while its overall global tally reached just under $640 million. Per Deadline , The Odyssey just had the best second-weekend ever for a movie directed by Nolan, beating his benchmark set by The Dark Knight . The film has also now become Universal’s second highest-grossing R-rated release domestically, after Oppenheimer ‘s $330 million tally. These are, admittedly, pretty niche stats, but the larger point is that The Odyssey is showing real staying power at the box office, historical accuracy be damned . Per Variety , its gross dropped only about 30% compared to its opening weekend, while most movies that open north of $100 tend to fall around 50% between their first and second weekends.
The highest-grossing new release of the weekend was another adaptation of a classic Greek myth: Hadestown , the live-capture of the stage musical. The filmed musical opened for a limited engagement this weekend and managed to gross about $9.7 million in under 2,000 theaters, actually bringing in a higher per-theater average than Moana and Toy Story 5 , which occupied the number two and three spots at the box office this weekend. Toy Story 5 , however, officially became the highest-grossing movie of the year, crossing the billion-dollar threshold and eking ahead of both Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael . The other new release of the weekend to make the list of the highest-grossers was Motor City , the Alan Ritchson-starring movie that made $1.625 million in its limited release. The entire top ten of the weekend is below, courtesy of Box Office Mojo .
1. The Odyssey
2. Moana
3. Toy Story 5
4. Hadestown
5. Minions & Monsters
6. The Invite
7. Evil Dead Burn
8. Young Washington
9. Motor City
10. Obsession
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