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2026 • R • 2h 52m • Action / Adventure / Drama • Universal Pictures

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$123.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$623.55M

Week 13

Worldwide total

$1.78B

$1.16B international

Domestic legs5.0x

Budget$250M

2026 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Nolan filmography

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Tom Holland

Tom Holland Starring

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway Starring

Zendaya

Zendaya Starring

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson Starring

ScreenplayChristopher Nolan Produced byEmma Thomas, Christopher Nolan DistributorUniversal Pictures

Predicted final domestic

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$533M–$609M

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$623.55M so far

The prediction updated after the third weekend. Based on the weekend 2 and 3 drops and factoring in other movies with similar performance, the model predicts a final range of $533M–$609M. The wider range of $510M–$657M represents about 90% of outcomes after the third weekend. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$396M

Baseline

Banked through 3 weekends

70%

Earned by Wk 3

Typical for this drop profile

-35%

Weekend drops

-27% then -43%

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 17-19 1 $123.5M — 3,919 $31,514 $123.5M

2 Jul 24-26 1 $90.0M −27% 3,942 $22,837 $289.4M

3 Jul 31-Aug 2 2 $51.0M −43% 3,861 $13,221 $395.6M

4 Aug 7-9 2 $31.7M −38% 3,603 $8,802 $461.4M

5 Aug 14-16 2 $23.6M −26% 3,217 $7,338 $505.1M

6 Aug 21-23 3 $19.7M −17% 3,091 $6,376 $539.3M

7 Aug 28-30 3 $14.4M −27% 2,617 $5,485 $563.9M

8 Sep 4-6 2 $13.1M −9% 2,312 $5,664 $584.9M

9 Sep 11-13 3 $7.6M −42% 1,983 $3,829 $600.7M

10 Sep 18-20 4 $5.0M −35% 1,546 $3,204 $609.8M

11 Sep 25-27 8 $3.8M −23% 1,021 $3,724 $616.6M

12 Oct 2-4 11 $1.3M −66% 662 $1,961 $620.5M

13 Oct 9-11 9 $2.1M +65% 560 $3,836 $623.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 16 (p) — $17.6M — $17.6M — — 0

Fri Jul 17 #1 $51.0M — $51.0M 3,919 $13,008 1

Sat Jul 18 #1 $41.7M −18% $92.7M 3,919 $10,650 2

Sun Jul 19 #1 $30.8M −26% $123.5M 3,919 $7,857 3

Mon Jul 20 #1 $18.7M −39% $142.2M 3,919 $4,766 4

Tue Jul 21 #1 $21.5M +15% $163.7M 3,919 $5,486 5

Wed Jul 22 #1 $18.1M −16% $181.7M 3,919 $4,610 6

Thu Jul 23 #1 $17.6M −2% $199.4M 3,919 $4,497 7

Fri Jul 24 #1 $25.7M +46% −50% $225.0M 3,942 $6,514 8

Sat Jul 25 #1 $34.6M +35% −17% $259.6M 3,942 $8,769 9

Sun Jul 26 #1 $29.8M −14% −3% $289.4M 3,942 $7,554 10

Mon Jul 27 #1 $14.7M −51% −21% $304.1M 3,942 $3,734 11

Tue Jul 28 #1 $16.4M +12% −24% $320.6M 3,942 $4,171 12

Wed Jul 29 #1 $13.6M −17% −25% $334.2M 3,942 $3,456 13

Thu Jul 30 #1 $10.3M −24% −41% $344.5M 3,942 $2,625 14

Fri Jul 31 #2 $14.2M +37% −45% $358.7M 3,861 $3,665 15

Sat Aug 1 #2 $19.3M +36% −44% $378.0M 3,861 $5,002 16

Sun Aug 2 #2 $17.6M −9% −41% $395.6M 3,861 $4,554 17

Mon Aug 3 #2 $9.7M −45% −34% $405.3M 3,861 $2,506 18

Tue Aug 4 #2 $8.8M −9% −46% $414.1M 3,861 $2,291 19

Wed Aug 5 #2 $8.4M −5% −38% $422.5M 3,861 $2,174 20

Thu Aug 6 #2 $7.2M −14% −31% $429.7M 3,861 $1,861 21

Fri Aug 7 #2 $8.8M +23% −38% $438.5M 3,603 $2,451 22

Sat Aug 8 #2 $12.4M +41% −36% $450.9M 3,603 $3,448 23

Sun Aug 9 #2 $10.5M −16% −41% $461.4M 3,603 $2,903 24

Mon Aug 10 #2 $5.2M −51% −47% $466.6M 3,603 $1,436 25

Tue Aug 11 #2 $5.6M +8% −37% $472.2M 3,603 $1,555 26

Wed Aug 12 #2 $4.9M −12% −41% $477.1M 3,603 $1,371 27

Thu Aug 13 #2 $4.4M −11% −39% $481.5M 3,603 $1,216 28

Fri Aug 14 #4 $6.4M +47% −27% $487.9M 3,217 $2,002 29

Sat Aug 15 #2 $9.2M +43% −26% $497.2M 3,217 $2,870 30

Sun Aug 16 #2 $7.9M −14% −24% $505.1M 3,217 $2,466 31

Mon Aug 17 #2 $3.7M −53% −29% $508.8M 3,217 $1,149 32

Tue Aug 18 #2 $4.0M +9% −28% $512.8M 3,217 $1,250 33

Wed Aug 19 #2 $3.5M −13% −30% $516.3M 3,217 $1,082 34

Thu Aug 20 #2 $3.3M −6% −25% $519.6M 3,217 $1,018 35

Fri Aug 21 #3 $5.1M +55% −21% $524.7M 3,091 $1,647 36

Sat Aug 22 #3 $8.1M +59% −12% $532.8M 3,091 $2,624 37

Sun Aug 23 #2 $6.5M −20% −18% $539.3M 3,091 $2,105 38

Mon Aug 24 #2 $2.6M −60% −29% $541.9M 3,091 $845 39

Tue Aug 25 #2 $3.0M +16% −25% $544.9M 3,091 $980 40

Wed Aug 26 — $2.3M −24% −34% $547.2M 3,091 $747 41

Thu Aug 27 #2 $2.3M 0% −30% $549.5M 3,091 $744 42

Fri Aug 28 #3 $3.8M +65% −26% $553.3M 2,617 $1,447 43

Sat Aug 29 #2 $5.9M +56% −27% $559.2M 2,617 $2,253 44

Sun Aug 30 #3 $4.7M −21% −28% $563.9M 2,617 $1,784 45

Mon Aug 31 #2 $1.9M −59% −26% $565.8M 2,617 $734 46

Tue Sep 1 #3 $2.3M +18% −25% $568.1M 2,617 $866 47

Wed Sep 2 #1 $1.8M −19% −20% $569.9M 2,617 $704 48

Thu Sep 3 #1 $1.9M +1% −19% $571.8M 2,617 $715 49

Fri Sep 4 #2 $3.1M +66% −18% $574.9M 2,312 $1,344 50

Sat Sep 5 #2 $4.8M +54% −19% $579.7M 2,312 $2,071 51

Sun Sep 6 #2 $5.2M +9% +11% $584.9M 2,312 $2,249 52

Mon Sep 7 #- $4.1M −21% +114% $589.0M 2,312 $1,780 53

Tue Sep 8 #- $1.6M −61% −29% $590.6M 2,312 $693 54

Wed Sep 9 #1 $1.3M −21% −32% $591.9M 2,312 $546 55

Thu Sep 10 #1 $1.3M −1% −33% $593.1M 2,312 $543 56

Fri Sep 11 #3 $2.1M +65% −33% $595.2M 1,983 $1,045 57

Sat Sep 12 #3 $3.1M +50% −35% $598.3M 1,983 $1,566 58

Sun Sep 13 #3 $2.4M −22% −54% $600.7M 1,983 $1,218 59

Mon Sep 14 #2 $1.0M −57% −75% $601.7M 1,983 $520 60

Tue Sep 15 #2 $1.2M +16% −25% $602.9M 1,983 $602 61

Wed Sep 16 #2 $1.1M −5% −10% $604.1M 1,983 $571 62

Thu Sep 17 #3 $798.9K −29% −36% $604.9M 1,983 $403 63

Fri Sep 18 #4 $1.4M +70% −34% $606.2M 1,546 $879 64

Sat Sep 19 #4 $2.0M +48% −35% $608.2M 1,546 $1,298 65

Sun Sep 20 #4 $1.6M −21% −34% $609.8M 1,546 $1,026 66

Mon Sep 21 #3 $773.8K −51% −25% $610.6M 1,546 $501 67

Tue Sep 22 #3 $803.1K +4% −33% $611.4M 1,546 $519 68

Wed Sep 23 #3 $730.0K −9% −36% $612.1M 1,546 $472 69

Thu Sep 24 #3 $703.0K −4% −12% $612.8M 1,546 $455 70

Fri Sep 25 #7 $1.0M +49% −23% $613.9M 1,021 $1,025 71

Sat Sep 26 #8 $1.5M +47% −23% $615.4M 1,021 $1,510 72

Sun Sep 27 #7 $1.2M −21% −23% $616.6M 1,021 $1,189 73

Mon Sep 28 #6 $702.6K −42% −9% $617.3M 1,021 $688 74

Tue Sep 29 #7 $763.0K +9% −5% $618.1M 1,021 $747 75

Wed Sep 30 #6 $875.6K +15% +20% $619.0M 1,021 $858 76

Thu Oct 1 #8 $198.6K −77% −72% $619.2M 1,021 $195 77

Fri Oct 2 #10 $331.5K +67% −68% $619.5M 662 $501 78

Sat Oct 3 #10 $565.2K +70% −63% $620.1M 662 $854 79

Sun Oct 4 #10 $401.3K −29% −67% $620.5M 662 $606 80

Mon Oct 5 #9 $123.5K −69% −82% $620.6M 662 $187 81

Tue Oct 6 #9 $165.4K +34% −78% $620.8M 662 $250 82

Wed Oct 7 #10 $120.1K −27% −86% $620.9M 662 $181 83

Thu Oct 8 #9 $102.2K −15% −49% $621.0M 662 $154 84

Fri Oct 9 #11 $523.7K +412% +58% $621.5M 560 $935 85

Sat Oct 10 #9 $828.7K +58% +47% $622.3M 560 $1,480 86

Sun Oct 11 #9 $795.5K −4% +98% $623.1M 560 $1,421 87

Mon Oct 12 #8 $430.8K −46% +249% $623.6M 560 $769 88

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$612.8M

Jul 16Aug 3Aug 20Sep 7Sep 24

Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.0M

$123.5M

$90.0M

$51.0M

$31.7M

$23.6M

$19.7M

$14.4M

$13.1M

$7.6M

$5.0M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,942 → 1,546 −60.8%

3,919 open1,546 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −35%

−27%

W1→2

−43%

W2→3

−38%

W3→4

−26%

W4→5

−17%

W5→6

−27%

W6→7

−9%

W7→8

−42%

W8→9

−35%

W9→10

Steepest −43%Best hold −9%

Run milestones

$600M in 59 days

$100M

Day 3

Jul 19

$200M

Day 8

Jul 24

$300M

Day 11

Jul 27

$400M

Day 18

Aug 3

$500M

Day 31

Aug 16

$600M

Day 59

Sep 13

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#1 Best second-weekend holds$100M+ openers, all-time −27.1% #2 All-time R-rated domesticAll-time $623.6M #4 Biggest R-rated openingsAll-time $123.5M #5 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 62 days #6 Biggest 8th weekendsAll-time $13.1M #11 Biggest worldwide runsAll-time $1.78B

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

Lead story The Odyssey rides rave reviews to a $100M+ openingWeek 29 · Preview · Jul 15, 2026 → Lead story The Odyssey set for a strong Oppenheimer-style hold for a $70M–$80M second weekend and $270M+ in 10 daysWeek 30 · Preview · Jul 22, 2026 → Mentioned Minions & Monsters set to dip below the franchise averageWeek 27 · Preview · Jul 1, 2026 → Mentioned Moana’s tracking craters to $41–48MWeek 28 · Preview · Jul 8, 2026 → Mentioned Spider-Man: Brand New Day tracking $290M–$320M for the second-biggest opening in historyWeek 31 · Preview · Aug 2, 2026 →

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