It was always going to be a tough challenge to please everyone when adapting an ancient text – but Christopher Nolan has proved he was the writer-director for the job: The Odyssey has become not only his best-reviewed film to date, but a certified box office smash hit.
The director’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem was released on Friday (17 July), and it made $264m (£196m) in its opening weekend – even more than Oppenheimer managed back in 2023 off the back of the highly publicised Barbenheimer movie showdown. (For those who’ve forgotten, Oppenheimer was released on the same day as Barbie.)
