Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Launches with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and $250M Budget

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Just two years after he won his first Best Director Oscar, Christopher Nolan is back with a new movie that many are predicting could win him another. Nolan's 2023 biographical thriller Oppenheimer exceeded expectations at the box office, grossing nearly $1 billion worldwide against a reported budget of $100 million. Nolan's latest is The Odyssey , which ties with The Dark Knight Rises as the filmmaker's most expensive movie with a reported budget of $250 million . At that cost, the film would need to gross around $1 billion worldwide in order to qualify as a bona fide blockbuster. And it's certainly off to a fantastic start thanks to a "Certified Fresh" 95% critics' score and a "Verified Hot" 97% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, in addition to an A grade from opening-day audiences on CinemaScore.