{"id":1110787,"date":"2026-07-25T16:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1110787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:38:17","slug":"box-office-the-odyssey-holds-strong-with-25-million-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1110787\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Holds Strong With $25 Million on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith no major competition, Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d extended its reign at the domestic box office as it entered its second weekend in theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d added $25.9 million domestically on Friday, and by Sunday it\u2019s expected to make $84.5 million. That figure represents just a 32% drop from its excellent $124 million debut<\/a>. Through two weekends of release, \u201cThe Odyssey\u2019s\u201d North American total should land around $283 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tOver opening weekend, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d earned $264.1 million worldwide, an outstanding feat considering it\u2019s an adult-skewing drama that clocks in at almost three hours. That godly haul was Nolan\u2019s best global debut ever<\/a>, legging out \u201cThe Dark Knight Rises,\u201d which eared $249 million back in 2012. That film also happens to be the director\u2019s highest-grossing film ever, at just over a $1 billion. At this pace, \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d is gunning for that record as well.<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond place went to the theatrical presentation of \u201cHadestown: The Musical.\u201d The eight-time Tony winner pulled in an estimated $4 million on Friday. Rival projections have it earning $9 million through the weekend. Starring Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page, Andr\u00e9 De Shields and Amber Gray, \u201cHadestown\u201d is a musical retelling of the Orpheus-Eurydice and Hades-Persephone myths. Crosswalk served as the distributor for the movie.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s live-action \u201cMoana<\/a>\u201d took third with just $3.1 million domestically on Friday. Through its third weekend, \u201cMoana\u201d is eyeing an estimated $10.8 million, which would push its domestic haul to $102 million. It\u2019s a disappointing result considering the film carries a $250 million price tag, and it could end up costing Disney $100 million<\/a>. Summer 2026 has been up-and-down for the Mouse House. While they\u2019ve scored with \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d ($688 million) and \u201cToy Story 5<\/a>,\u201d under-performers like \u201cMoana\u201d and \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d ($340 million against a $165 million budget) have proved costly.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToy Story 5\u201d slotted at No. 4 with $2.9 million domestically on Friday. By Sunday, it should make $10.1 million, according to rival estimates. That would push the legacy sequel\u2019s domestic total to a stellar $448.6 million through six weekends of release. \u201cToy Story 5\u201d is expected to cross the $1 billion mark any day now and overtake \u201cToy Story 4\u201d ($1.07 billion) as the franchise\u2019s highest earner.<\/p>\n

\n\tFifth place went to \u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d which added $2.8 million domestically on Friday. Through its fourth weekend of release, the animated adventure should gross $9.5 million, pushing its North American gains to about $155 million. Despite being a relatively low earner compared to franchise favorites like 2015\u2019s \u201cMinions\u201d ($1.15 billion worldwide) and 2022\u2019s \u201cMinions: The Rise of Gru\u201d ($940 million worldwide), \u201cMinions & Monsters\u201d is holding strong, dropping just 30% from last week\u2019s total. The film only cost $85 million, so it\u2019s already a modest hit for Universal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With no major competition, Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d extended its reign at the domestic box office as it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1110788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,115652,3943,56531,75124,16,15],"class_list":["post-1110787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-moana","tag-movies","tag-the-odyssey","tag-toy-story-5","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116981603241078719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}