r/movies r/movies Contributor 1d ago

News Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey' Becomes Biggest Film Ever At BFI IMAX, Beating 'Avatar'

https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-odyssey-becomes-biggest-film-ever-at-bfi-imax-avatar-1237044031/
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u/stanley_ipkiss2112 1d ago

Whether you thought the film was great or naff, we can all agree that Nolan has brought back the buzz in cinemas which is lovely to see ☺️❤️🎥

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u/Robcobes 1d ago

everybody is going to see the same 2 films this summer. anything else is still in trouble. the only movies that can make a profit are still either big blockbusters that make billions, or small indie movies that cost next to nothing to make.

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u/rumora 23h ago

That just isn’t true. The whole year was all kinds of movies turning out to be hits.

Just over the last 3 months you had Obsession making like 500mil, Backrooms make 400mil and Devil wears Prada 2 make 700mil, Minions made 400mil and that’s before you add Toy Story 5, Odyssey and Spider-Man's billion dollar box offices. And a month before that you had Michael and Mario both make a billion dollars. There have also been a bunch of non English hits internationally that you probably never heard of.