Christopher Nolan breaks his own box office record: The Odyssey becomes director’s highest grossing movie ever as the epic soars past the $1billion mark

By CONNIE RUSK, ASSOCIATE SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR Published: 04:17 EDT, 10 August 2026 | Updated: 04:29 EDT, 10 August 2026 Christopher Nolan has broken his own box office record as The Odyssey became the director's highest grossing movie ever. The film passed the $1billion mark over the weekend and has now made $1.1billion at the worldwide box office, overtaking his 2012 blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08billion) and 2009's The Dark Knight ($1billion). Oppenheimer ($975million) ended just shy of the milestone. Matt Damon portrays the protagonist Odysseus as he faces a dangerous voyage home to Ithaca following the Trojan War and meets…