“The Odyssey” has surpassed $700 million at the global box office, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of the year after just 12 days in theaters.

Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic has generated $320.5 million domestically and $407.4 million overseas, raising worldwide ticket sales to $727.9 million. The top three Hollywood releases in 2026 are June’s “Toy Story 5” ($1.02 billion) and April’s “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” ($1.001 million) and “Michael” ($1.001 million). Next week, “The Odyssey” will join those films in the billion-dollar club, a remarkable feat that underscores Nolan’s ability to transform his films into cultural events.

These ticket sales are even more impressive considering “The Odyssey” has yet to be released in China, the world’s second-largest film market. The country is rolling out the red carpet treatment for the film, which is expected to hit nearly 800 Imax screens and thousands of standard auditoriums on August 14.

Even with huge competition from Sony and Marvel’s adventure “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which opens Friday and is set to score one of the biggest openings of all time, “The Odyssey” is expected to remain a force at the box office. It could earn between $50 and $60 million in its third weekend of release, a figure that most adult dramas would be lucky to earn in their debuts these days.

“The Odyssey” cost $250 million, making it Nolan’s most expensive film to date. It will soon also be his biggest commercial success. It is set to surpass “The Dark Knight” ($1.008 billion) and 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” ($1.08 billion) as the director’s highest-grossing film of all time.

Adapted from Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic poem and starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, “The Odyssey” has been a big draw in Imax. As the first feature film filmed entirely with Imax cameras, it has been out of stock in those formats for weeks. So far, Imax has contributed $140 million to the film’s global ticket sales. It is the company’s second title (after “Avengers: Endgame”) to surpass the $100 million mark, having done so in just 10 days.