It might seem like Spider-Man: Brand New Day is playing on every single movie theater screen around the world, given its gargantuan box office earnings but Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey isn't going quietly into the night.
Since landing in theaters on July 17, the fantasy epic has quietly sailed to a staggering $1.29 billion worldwide.
It pulled in another $121.4 million over the weekend ($23.2 million at home and $98.2 million overseas), thanks largely to a strong $36.6 million second-place start in China.
Current tracking now puts its final tally somewhere between $1.6 billion and $1.8 billion.
The Universal Pictures collaboration is Nolan's first non-Batman film to reach $1 billion, although 2023's Oppenheimer came very close with $975 million.
Christopher Nolan has not officially announced or set his next feature project after The Odyssey.
In fact, during the film's press run, he indicated that he would be taking an extended break and that his next film would not hit theaters in his usual three-year cycle
- 2026 The Odyssey
- 2023 Oppenheimer
- 2020 Tenet
- 2017 Dunkirk
- 2014 Interstellar
Nolan indicated that the brutal shooting conditions of The Odyssey tested his stamina, stating, "I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody's stamina, I think."
As for what's next, Nolan indicated that he's interested in making a horror movie but that he finds the genre difficult to navigate, personally, as he would want his horror film to have a solid, original narrative core.
One genre Nolan won't be tackling is romantic comedy, as he admitted that he's a bit intimidated by those films during his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Nolan explained to Fallon, "When you make a film... you know, if I show a film to people and maybe they don't respond to bits of it, I'm like, 'Ah, they don't get it. Whatever.' There's no hiding behind that when you do comedy. So, I would be terrified of doing anything like that."
Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX® film technology.
The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX® film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
The Odyssey stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
The Odyssey is produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan for their company, Syncopy. The executive producer is Thomas Hayslip.