Forget actors. Directors are Hollywood's new movie stars.
With a sensational second weekend at the box office, it’s clear “The Odyssey” will have a long — and epic — journey in theaters. Christopher Nolan‘s take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated a remarkable $652 million worldwide, including $289 million domestically and $362 million internationally after just 10 days of release.
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With a sensational second weekend at the box office, it’s clear “The Odyssey” will have a long — and epic — journey in theaters. Christopher Nolan‘s take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated a remarkable $652 million worldwide, including $289 million domestically and $362 million internationally after just 10 days of release. It’s already the sixth-highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year at the global box office — no small feat for a sword-and-sandal epic that’s rated R and clocks in at nearly three hours. With euphoric word-of-mouth and staggering demand for premium large formats like Imax, “The Odyssey” is expected to shatter all kinds of records throughout the rest of summer and into the fall.
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- With a sensational second weekend at the box office, it’s clear “The Odyssey” will have a long — and epic — journey in theaters. Christopher Nolan‘s take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated a remarkable $652 million worldwide, including $289 million domestically and $362 million internationally after just 10 days of release.
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‘The Odyssey’ by the Numbers: 6 Ways Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is Shattering Box Office Expectations
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Forget actors. Directors are Hollywood's new movie stars.
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The Most Overlooked Performance in <em>The Odyssey</em> Is Also the One That Towers Over All the Rest
Sources1TypeCoverageSlate