‘The Odyssey’ Slays ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ To Become Highest Grossing R-Rated Movie Ever At Global Box Office
It’s official, Universal’s The Odyssey has become the highest grossing R-rated movie ever at the global box office with $1.352 billion, unseating Deadpool & Wolverine which ended its worldwide run at $1.33B.
Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds spilled the beans on social media prior to Uni making the record official.
The pic is already director Christopher Nolan’s highest grossing movie ever at the worldwide B.O. surpassing his previous high, 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises ($1.085B). The Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, John Leguziamo, Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron ensemble is also one of five movies to cross $1B this year; the feature take of Homer’s epic poem being the second highest grossing worldwide YTD behind Sony/Marvel Studio’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day ($2.039B).
Broken out, The Odyssey has made $835.6M overseas and $516.3M stateside through yesterday.
Additionally, The Odyssey, opened to $264.1M global, the biggest over for Nolan ahead of Dark Knight Rises ($249M WW). The pic’s opening at the overseas B.O. of $139.6M was also the director’s biggest international opening ever ahead of Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight Rises in like-for-like markets.
What’s interesting is that Deadpool & Wolverine still owns the biggest global opening for a R-rated movie with a reported $444.7M as well as stateside ($211.4M). The Odyssey‘s record speaks to the power of legs, and, yes, a long run in Imax.
The movie’s domestic opening of $123.5M was the third best for Nolan after Dark Knight Rises ($160.8M) and Dark Knight ($158.4M). The movie, which opened on July 17 at the North American box office, is entering its sixth weekend of release.
