Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Opens to Record $265M Globally — His Biggest Debut Ever

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Director Christopher Nolan delivered the biggest global box-office debut of his career this past weekend, when The Odyssey grossed around $265 million. This is larger than the openings of Nolan's two billion-dollar blockbusters, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises . The Oscar-winning filmmaker's last release, the biographical thriller Oppenheimer , fell slightly short of the coveted box-office milestone. But thanks to this record-breaking start, The Odyssey has a strong chance of joining Nolan's second and third Batman movies in this exclusive club. The mythological epic, based on Homer 's poem, has already overtaken a handful of mega-budget movies at the box office.