'The Odyssey' just passed $1 billion. Will it top 'The Dark Knight Rises' as Nolan's biggest film by Aug 17?
97% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 32 predictions cast.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" surpassed $1.1 billion in worldwide box office receipts by mid-August 2026, overtaking "The Dark Knight Rises," which earned approximately $1.08 billion in 2012, to become Nolan's highest-grossing film ever, unadjusted for inflation. The milestone was reached roughly four weeks after the film's July 17 opening, with Variety and Deadline both confirming the record around the Aug. 10 weekend.
The film's momentum was driven by exceptional premium-format sales: it became IMAX's highest-grossing release of all time, with roughly $289 million from that format alone, overtaking "Avatar." Strong reviews (95% on Rotten Tomatoes, an "A" CinemaScore grade) and unusually resilient holdover business, including a best-in-class second-weekend hold for a film that opened above $100 million, sustained ticket sales well past typical drop-off points.
"The Odyssey" is Nolan's third film to cross $1 billion, following "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises," and the Homer adaptation, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, has also generated early awards-season buzz as a potential Oscar contender. The prediction-market community had assigned this outcome a 97% Yes probability across 32 votes, and that forecast proved correct.