{"id":256508,"date":"2026-08-09T14:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-movie-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:45:28","slug":"the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-movie-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-movie-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Odyssey\u2019 Becomes Christopher Nolan\u2019s Highest Grossing Movie Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/tags\/the-odyssey\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is continuing to break records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"\/tags\/christopher-nolan\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Christopher Nolan<\/strong><\/a> epic has just become the acclaimed director&#8217;s highest-grossing movie of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie passed the $1 billion mark over the weekend and now claims a global haul of $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, surpassing 2012&#8217;s <em>Dark Knight Rises<\/em> ($1.085 billion), per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/08\/box-office-the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-record-1237029568\/?bt_ee=7j0EqipEVAkfGt%2F%2F7fO6xk0N78qtsoos9X3h7nJpHRy7GCLi9W76kKczoDLm7whM&amp;bt_ts=1786286101612#recipient_hashed=b92941641788d15805f03b377d572994d12bdade7478975c93d0143007f01373&amp;recipient_salt=e829000bb0b218c27fbd0c12f4a38481876a8ab041cc990efde89259509b9611&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&amp;utm_content=%27The%20Odyssey%27%20Becomes%20Christopher%20Nolan%27s%20Highest%20Grossing%20Movie%20Ever%20At%20Global%20Box%20Office%20With%20%241.1B,%202026-08-09%2007:30:07_8-9-2026&amp;utm_term=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Deadline.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie also became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of the year, and the second highest-grossing R-rated movie, just behind <em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em> ($1.33 billion).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, <strong>Christopher<\/strong>&#8216;s movies have made over $7 billion worldwide. His filmography includes <em>Momento<\/em>, <em>Batman Begins<\/em>, <em>Interstellar<\/em>, <em>Dunkirk<\/em>, <em>Tenet<\/em> and <em>Oppenheimer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also the highest grossing movie of <strong>Matt Damon<\/strong>, <strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong> and <strong>Robert Pattinson<\/strong>\u2019s careers globally, <em>Deadline<\/em> notes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie is also going over well with both audiences and critics: it\u2019s currently sitting at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/15\/the-odyssey-first-reviews-are-here-what-critics-are-saying-about-christopher-nolans-epic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">94% Fresh<\/a>\u00a0among critics, with a 97% audience score among thousands of reviews. It also has an A rating on CinemaScore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie, written by the director is an adaptation of&nbsp;<strong>Homer<\/strong>\u2018s ancient Greek epic that follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca,&nbsp;on his journey to return home after the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em>&nbsp;features an A-list roster of stars, including&nbsp;<strong>Matt Damon<\/strong>&nbsp;as Odysseus,&nbsp;<strong>Tom Holland<\/strong>&nbsp;as Telemachus,&nbsp;<strong>Robert Pattinson<\/strong>&nbsp;as Antinous,&nbsp;<strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong>&nbsp;as Penelope, and&nbsp;<strong>Charlize Theron<\/strong>&nbsp;as Calypso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Zendaya<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Jon Bernthal<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Himesh Patel<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>John Leguizamo<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Mia Goth<\/strong>&nbsp;all star as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/20\/actors-in-the-most-christopher-nolan-movies-14-stars-in-3-or-more-nolan-films\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which actors star in<strong> Christopher Nolan<\/strong>&#8216;s films.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/09\/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-movie-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;The Odyssey&#8217; Becomes Christopher Nolan&#8217;s Highest Grossing Movie Ever<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/09\/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-movie-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures The Odyssey is continuing to break records. The Christopher Nolan epic has just become the acclaimed director&#8217;s highest-grossing movie of all time. The movie passed the $1 billion mark over the weekend and now claims a global haul of $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, surpassing 2012&#8217;s Dark Knight Rises ($1.085 billion), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-256508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}