Will Nolan's 'The Odyssey' cross $480 million domestically before Aug 14?

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" had not reached $480 million domestically by the Aug. 14, 2026 deadline. Three weeks after its July 17 opening, roughly Aug. 7, Variety reported a domestic tally of $429.65 million, and by Sunday, Aug. 16 — two days after the cutoff — the film had grossed $461.1 million domestically, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with a worldwide total of $1.104 billion in its first month of release. Both figures show the film remained under the $480 million domestic mark through the question's deadline window.

The shortfall traced largely to intensified competition. Sony's "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" opened July 31, delivering the biggest domestic debut in box-office history and drawing screens and audience share away from "The Odyssey" during the weeks it needed to sustain pace toward $480 million. That slowed the film's weekly domestic grosses even as its worldwide total kept climbing on overseas strength, including a subsequent Aug. 14 China rollout.

The film's run continued to build afterward: it crossed $1 billion worldwide within three weeks of release, becoming Nolan's first billion-dollar film since 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises," with its domestic total climbing past $480 million only after the deadline had passed. Prediction-market bettors had assigned 86% odds to Yes, expecting the film to clear $480 million domestically before Aug. 14; the actual outcome was No.