The Odyssey set sail to a very strong start Thursday night with previews totaling $17.6 million, Deadline reports — the best so far this year for a live-action movie.
The previews sales are already ahead of Oppenheimer‘s, Christopher Nolan’s most recent success. Oppenheimer‘s previews in 2023 equaled $10.5 million, and saw a $33 million Friday/previews and a 3-day total of $82.4 million.
Videos by PopCulture.com
The Odyssey‘s preview night on Thursday is not Nolan’s best, however; that title belongs to 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, which earned $30.6 million in previews. 2008’s The Dark Knight earned $18.5 million, which puts The Odyssey at Nolan’s third-best film in terms of previews.
It’s still an extremely strong start, however. Deadline reports that advance ticket sales for the movie heading into the weekend were around $30 million to $40 million. Imax 70MM showtimes sold out a year in advance.
Polymarket Offer: Deposit $20, Get $50 Bonus
For the entire opening weekend, The Odyssey is projected to open to $90 million to $100 million from 3,900 North American theaters, Variety reports. Anywhere in that range would rank the epic as Nolan’s biggest debut since The Dark Knight Rises ($160 million). If The Odyssey hits the higher end of estimates, it would be only the third release this year to debut above $100 million following Toy Story 5 and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which made $159 million and $131 million, respectively.
Polymarket traders are predicting extremely high returns for The Odyssey. In a poll predicting the movie’s domestic sales for its opening weekend, there are 50% odds that it makes more than $115 million, and 47% odds that it makes between $105 million and $115 million. It currently has just 4% odds of making $95 million to $105 million, and a mere 1% chance of making between $85 million and $95 million.
Those are some big numbers to fulfill, but Polymarket traders seem to have full faith in Nolan and his latest film — so much so that the movie has nearly 50% odds of making between $300 million and $350 million domestically by the end of August.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the audience score for The Odyssey stands at 96%, which is the best for a Nolan film; it comes in just ahead of the 94% audience grades for Batman Begins, Dark Knight and Memento.
Polymarket Offer: Deposit $20, Get $50 Bonus
- Click Button Below
- Download Polymarket App
- Deposit $20, Get $50
- Place Trade
- Redeem Winnings
First time users only. Must be 18+.
A Polymarket scenario predicting the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score on July 20 has 80% odds of it being 96% or higher, 88% odds of being 95% or higher and overwhelming odds (99% and above) of earning a score higher than 90%.
Will Polymarket get it right? Fans will have to wait until the end of the weekend to learn the final figures.
PopCulture.com receives compensation if users sign up for Polymarket through links in this article. This content is intended for users 18 years of age or older. Polymarket is a prediction market platform and may not be available in all states or jurisdictions. Please check your local laws and regulations before participating.
