Christopher Nolan scored his best Tuesday ever at the domestic B.O. as The Odyssey rang up $21.4M. That bests his previous Tuesday high, which was The Dark Knight ($20.8M, on July 22, 2008). The revised number from Universal ranks as the second best Tuesday YTD behind Toy Story 5‘s $23.69M, and it’s the second best Tuesday ever for Universal after Jurassic World ($24.3M, June 16, 2015).

"I want to be cautious here, but how things are going, with normal CBM walkups I am thinking $55M previews as baseline and if it has above average walkups, we may have a new previews record holder by a good amount. OW $250M++ (emphasis on the ++)"

On Doomsday:

"With Doomsday out of the way (sorta, it had an impressive Day 2 considering how capacity constraint it is; It's still pacing relative to BND Friday, Saturday, Sunday somehow, i'm not even sure how that's possible). It will fall behind by a lot today though as there just isn't much seats left."

Fun fact: The Odyssey needed just one week to surpass the total admissions of every 2025 superhero film in France: Superman (1.5M), The Fantastic Four (1.633M), Thunderbolts (1.1M), and Captain America: Brave New World (1.648M).

I imagine a lot of us saw the report yesterday of Pixar being hit hard with layoffs, with a major reason cited being the perceived 'underperformance' of Hoppers earlier this year.

The sentiment on this sub around the film's run ($390m on a $150m budget, though the report described the film as 'missing break even') was a positive one so I am wondering what people's thoughts are on this and whether it was sufficient grounds to let people go.

Part of me is thinking this is a delayed reaction paying for the sins of Elio, and that Hoppers needed to really sing theatrically, rather than turn only a slight profit, to prove that Pixar originals are still viable. Of course, when you're dealing with Hollywood exec logic, all bets are off.

$400M domestic locked at this point, $450M+ in play, meaning it could finish above TDKR despite opening below.

You can track the comparison here on Box Office Watch

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No paywall:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/odyssey-catapults-christopher-nolan-analog-130000126.html

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It is expected to close its first week of release with a gross of over €15 million. Compared to the opening days of the latest blockbusters to surpass the €30 million mark, Odissea continues to outperform Barbie , confirming its commercial potential.

The results obtained in the first few days by Inside Out 2 and The Devil Wears Prada 2 are still ahead , but at a rate of 2 million euros a day, Nolan's film seems capable of approaching the result of the film with Meryl Streep, especially considering that it can still count on another week without real direct competition before the arrival of Spider-Man: Brand New Day .