> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # It’s a short journey to a massive opening weekend for ‘The Odyssey’ - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-box-office-report-odyssey/ - Published: 2026-07-20T11:00:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-20T11:00:56.000Z - Description: Christopher Nolan’s adaptation became the director’s first non-Batman movie to debut over $100 million. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, Live-action Moana remake, Toy Story 5, Minions & Monsters, Evil Dead Burn Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of July 17-19, 2026. ## 1\. The Odyssey *Weekend gross: *$124.5M** *Total domestic gross: *$124.5M** *Last weekend: *New release** *Percent drop: *NA** It’s wild that, driven by IMAX innovation and a love of the Gotham font, **Christopher Nolan** films have become a franchise of their own. *The Odyssey* just landed the third biggest opening weekend of 2026, with its $124.5 million debut outdoing *Michael* ($97.2 million) and falling not that far behind *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie* ($131.7 million). *The Odyssey*’s opening weekend is the first $100 million+ debut for Nolan since *The Dark Knight Rises* opened with $160.9 million in 2012\. It’s also the director’s biggest non-Batman opening weekend, also trailing *The Dark Knight*’s $158.4 million. Nolan’s adaptation is also the biggest non-*Deadpool* opening weekend for an R-rated movie, sneaking past It’s $123.4 million. (The *Deadpool* trilogy rapidly became the gold standard for R-rated opening weekends, thanks to *Deadpool 2*’s $125.5 million debut, *Deadpool*’s $132.4 million debut and *Deadpool & Wolverine*’s $211.4 million debut.) Knowing that I wasn’t going to be able to catch *The Odyssey* this weekend, I delayed buying a ticket at the Airbus IMAX Theater in Chantilly, Va. I then forgot to check back quickly enough for the upcoming week. I’ve been obsessively checking the Smithsonian website multiple times a day to see if and when more showtimes open up. ![Popculturology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/02/popculturology-wordmark.png) Welcome to Popculturology! This publication is a free newsletter, but it’s fueled by readers like you. Support independent news, reviews and more for **just $5 a month**. 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And it seems like everyone behind the live-action *Moana* remake has moved on. **Dwayne Johnson** is back to promoting his tequila brand on Instagram instead of pushing this movie. ALSO FROM THE OMNICOSM Love what you’re reading? You might also enjoy **Snackology**, a deep-dive into the world of snacks, fast food and limited-edition treats. [Read the latest from Snackology →](https://www.theomnicosm.com/tag/snackology/) Already a subscriber? [Update your settings](https://www.theomnicosm.com/#/portal/account/plans) to add **Snackology** to your inbox. ## 3T. Toy Story 5 *Weekend gross: *$14.8M** *Total domestic gross: *$430.9M** *Last weekend: *3rd** *Percent drop: *22** The fifth *Toy Story* movie showed remarkable hold over its fifth weekend, falling only 22 percent from last weekend. With a $430.9 million domestic haul, *Toy Story 5* moves past *Toy Story 3* ($415 million) to slide into the No. 5 spot on Pixar’s all-time ranking. The film should easily pass *Toy Story 4* ($434 million) before *Finding Dory* ($486.3 million) stands between it and the feat of becoming the third Pixar film to pass $500 million in North America, joining *Incredibles 2* ($608.6 million) and *Inside Out 2* ($653 million). I finally saw *Toy Story 5* this weekend, and I’m beginning a campaign to get **Conan O’Brien** an Oscar nomination for Smarty Pants. ## 3T. Minions & Monsters *Weekend gross: *$14.8M** *Total domestic gross: *$137.6M** *Last weekend: *2nd** *Percent drop: *30** *Minions & Monsters* continues to dramatically lag behind the rest of the movies in the *Despicable Me*/*Minions* franchise. Its $137.6 million domestic total still sits at the bottom of the franchise’s ranks, still more than $100 million behind the $252.8 million that the original *Despicable Me* grossed in 2010. Get daily pop culture updates and news from **Bill Kuchman** on social media. 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