Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” extended its reign at the domestic box office in its second weekend in theaters, thanks in part to the lack of major competition.
“The Odyssey” grossed $25.9 million domestically on Friday and is expected to gross $84.5 million by Sunday. This figure represents a mere 32% decrease from its impressive $124 million debut. By its second weekend of release, The Odyssey should have grossed approximately $283 million at the North American box office.
“The Odyssey” grossed $264.1 million worldwide in its opening weekend. This is an outstanding feat considering it’s a nearly three-hour drama aimed at adults. That divine achievement made it Nolan’s best-ever global debut, surpassing 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, which grossed $249 million. The film also happened to be Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever, at just over $1 billion. At this pace, “Odyssey” is also aiming for that record.
Second place went to the theatrical release of “Hadestown: The Musical.” The eight-time Tony Award winner raised an estimated $4 million on Friday. Rivals predict it will gross $9 million by the end of the week. Starring Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page, Andre de Shields and Amber Gray, Hadestown is a musical retelling of the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone. Crosswalk served as the film’s distributor.
Disney’s live-action movie “Moana” came in third place on Friday with just $3.1 million domestically. “Moana” is on track to gross an estimated $10.8 million by its third weekend of release, which would bring the domestic box office total to $102 million. This is a disappointing result, considering the film comes with a $250 million price tag and could end up costing Disney $100 million. The summer of 2026 was an eventful one for the Mouse House. While films like “The Devil Wears Prada 2” ($688 million) and “Toy Story 5” performed well, underperforming films like “Moana” and “The Mandalorian and Grogu” ($340 million against a budget of $165 million) proved costly.
“Toy Story 5” ranked fourth domestically on Friday with $2.9 million. By Sunday, the company should have a profit of $10.1 million, according to rival estimates. That would push the legacy sequel’s domestic box office gross to a staggering $448.6 million through its first six weekends. “Toy Story 5” is expected to surpass the $1 billion mark any day now, overtaking “Toy Story 4” ($1.07 billion) and becoming the series’ highest-grossing film.
In fifth place was “Minions & Monsters,” which added $2.8 million domestically on Friday. The animated adventure has grossed $9.5 million by its fourth weekend of release, and is expected to gross around $155 million in North America. Despite earning relatively low revenue compared to franchise favorites like 2015’s Minions ($1.15 billion worldwide) and 2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru ($940 million worldwide), Minions & Monsters continues to perform well, down just 30% from last week’s total. The film only cost $85 million to make, so it’s already a moderate hit for Universal.
