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Rebecca Rubin
Senior Film and Media Reporter
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©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection “The Odyssey” has crossed $1 billion in global ticket sales at a mind-boggling pace.
After just three weeks of release, Christopher Nolan‘s epic, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $429.65 million domestically and $578.8 million internationally for a grand total of $1.008 billion. It’s the director’s first movie since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” to clear the coveted box office milestone. In a matter of days, “The Odyssey” will become Nolan’s highest-grossing release of all time, eclipsing the long-held records of “The Dark Knight Rises” ($1.08 billion) and 2009’s “The Dark Knight” ($1.008 billion). It’s a remarkable accomplishment — especially for an adult-skewing drama that’s nearly three hours long and adapted from a nearly 3,000-year-old poem — solidifying Nolan as the most bankable filmmaker of his generation.
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