Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Returns to IMAX After Box-Office Success
Christopher Nolan’s movie The Odyssey is coming back to some IMAX theatres and 70mm screens on October 9.
The film’s official X account announced the return.
Reports say the movie has earned about $1.76 billion around the world.
It is said to be the biggest-grossing film ever for Universal and for Nolan.
The movie is based on an ancient Greek story by Homer.
Matt Damon plays Odysseus, who is trying to get home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
Along the way, he faces dangerous creatures, enemies, and other challenges.
The Odyssey will return to select IMAX theatres and 70mm screens on October 9.
The film’s official X account announced the re-release and urged audiences to get tickets.
Reports say the Matt Damon-led film has earned about $1.76 billion worldwide.
The Odyssey is reportedly Universal’s highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing movie of Christopher Nolan’s career.
Written and directed by Nolan, the film adapts Homer’s epic and follows Odysseus on his journey home to Ithaca.
- Who
- The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon as Odysseus.
- What
- The film is returning to select IMAX theatres and 70mm screens.
- When
- October 9; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Select IMAX theatres and 70mm screens.
- Why
- The return follows the film’s reported global box-office success.
- Return date
- October 9
- Formats
- Select IMAX theatres and 70mm screens
- Reported worldwide gross
- About $1.76 billion
- Runtime
- 172 minutes
- Source material
- Homer’s ancient Greek epic
- Central character
- Odysseus, played by Matt Damon
- Story setting
- Odysseus’s journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War