‘The Odyssey’ Scores Best Monday Box Office Of 2026 With $18.6 Million

Christopher Nolan's R-rated epic, "The Odyssey," is maintaining its impressive box office momentum after a blockbuster opening weekend. The film, which chronicles Odysseus's perilous journey home with an all-star cast including Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland, earned $123.5 million domestically in its first weekend. It then set a new record for the year's highest Monday gross, pulling in $18.6 million. Globally, "The Odyssey" has already amassed $282.1 million against its $250 million production budget. While its Rotten Tomatoes critics' score has slightly eroded from a near-perfect start, it still stands at a stellar 94% "fresh," tying for Nolan's highest-rated film. Audiences have given it an even higher 97% "fresh" score, a new record for the acclaimed director.

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic The Odyssey is showing no signs of slowing down at the domestic box office following its blockbuster opening weekend.

The Odyssey, of course, follows Greek King of Ithaca Odysseus’ perilous, decades-long trek home to Queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and their son, Prince Telemachus (Tom Holland) follow his army’s victory during the Trojan War. The film’s all-star ensemble cast also features Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Samantha Morton, Lupita Nyong’o, Elliott Page, Himesh Patel, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, Corey Hawkins and Mia Goth, among others.

Rated R, The Odyssey — which runs 2 hours and 52 minutes — was projected to $124.5 million from 3,919 North American theaters in its opening frame July 17-19, but the final box office numbers released on Monday dropped that tally to $123.5 million.

On Monday, The Odyssey continued to pack crowds into theaters with an $18.6 million in domestic ticket sales. That amount, according to Deadline, earned the film the distinction of being the highest-grossing Monday at North American theaters this year so far. Toy Story 5 previously had the highest-grossing Monday domestically in 2026, when it earned $17.3 million on June 22.

Through Monday, The Odyssey has earned $142.1 million domestically and $140 million internationally for a running worldwide box office tally of $282.1 million. The Odyssey had a production budget of $250 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The reception of The Odyssey by Rotten Tomatoes critics and audience members who voted on the review aggregation site has been stellar, although the critics’ score has been slowly dropping off from a near-perfect start last week.

As of Monday, The Odyssey has a 94% “fresh” critics’ score on RT based on 419 reviews, down from 95% based on 345 reviews on Sunday and 98% based 145 reviews shortly after embargo lift last Wednesday.

Even with the drop, The Odyssey maintains the record for the best reviewed movie from Nolan as a director on RT, but it is now tied for the honor with his crime drama Memento and superhero film The Dark Knight, which also have 94% “fresh” critics’ scores.

With audiences on RT, The Odyssey still holds the top audience score record with a 97% “fresh” score on the site’s Popcornmeter based on 10,000-plus verified user ratings, up 5,000 ratings since Sunday.

Rated R, The Odyssey is playing in theaters and on IMAX and premium large format screens nationwide.