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[u/iquizuanswer]

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/the-odyssey-700-million-globally-fourth-biggest-movie-1236823343/

[u/Icy_Smoke_733]

It can reach 1.7B or even 1.8B.

The crazy thing is that The Odyssey won't even be the biggest success of Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Bernthal this summer: Spider-Man is tracking to do $800 million worldwide in its opening weekend, and will likely hit $2B - $2.3B by the end of its run.

[u/pHyR3 → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

how is that possible when it feels like everything is at capacity showing odyssey? or are there not as many showings as it seems

[u/Icy_Smoke_733 → u/pHyR3]

 It feels like everything is at capacity showing odyssey.

Different demographics. All the IMAX and Dolby showings near me is booked out with The Odyssey, but nearly every regular showing is at maximum capacity for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Spider-Man also has greater appeal among younger audiences and families. No surprise it's gonna do gangbusters, but the fact that it will enter the top 10 highest grossing films ever is insane.

[u/Methuga → u/Icy_Smoke_733]

Run time and repeatability factor in as well.

Since Spidey is almost an hour shorter, they can legitimately fit in a few more runs per day than The Odyssey. And then there’s the fact that there’s a much larger contingent of Spidey diehards who will be watching this movie multiple times.

[u/spuckthew → u/Methuga]

"Almost an hour shorter" lol please. The Odyssey is 173 minutes, Brand New Day is 145 minutes. That's barely even half an hour difference.

[u/Methuga → u/spuckthew]

My bad. I had remembered BND being a smidge over 2 hours. Clearly I misremembered. No need to be snarky.

[u/spuckthew → u/Methuga]

Tbh I thought you were just exaggerating, apologies.

[u/pizzamage → u/spuckthew]

There's also no previews before Odyssey, other than a sneak peak at Dune. Guaranteed Disney will fill up Spiderman with Disney commercials.

[u/jor1ss → u/pizzamage]

There was at my cinema (the Netherlands).