Christopher Nolan‘s “The Odyssey” will open on more than 20,000 screens across mainland China, including some 90% of the territory’s Imax footprint of nearly 800 sites, distributor data shows. Presale box office of the Universal title reached RMB39.5 million ($5.9 million) as of August 12 (Beijing time), with combined preview and presale grosses hitting RMB91
Sarah Morrison didn’t want to just watch The Odyssey. She wanted to experience it the way director Christopher Nolan intended: on 70mm film, projected on an IMAX screen. A self-described film buff, the New York-based content creator has been a fan of Homer’s epic since first reading a children’s adaptation in elementary school. But like
In May 2025, Christopher Nolan revealed that his next epic, “The Odyssey,” would be the first feature film shot entirely with 70mm Imax cameras. As “The Odyssey” grosses nearly $650 million worldwide, including $140 million in Imax, and with the company’s coveted 70mm screenings sold out for weeks, an Imax source suggests the success could
Imax China is preparing to dedicate the vast majority of its network of nearly 800 screens to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” when the film opens in mainland China on August 14, CEO Daniel Manwaring said. Variety that audience anticipation for the release “is going to be huge.” “I expect that a large majority of our
Christopher Nolan’s star-studded adaptation of “The Odyssey” has surpassed $600 million worldwide after just two weekends of release. The big-budget version of Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic, directed by Matt Damon as Greek King Odysseus, has generated $639.6 million worldwide, including $353.2 million at the international box office and $284.4 million domestically. It’s an astonishing turnout for
Christopher Nolan The Odyssey In Imax 70mm it is the most popular club in the city, if you can get in. While Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic is available on thousands of screens around the world, there are only 41, including 25 in the US, that can offer it in all its Imax 70mm glory.