The film "The Odyssey 2026" is thriving domestically, drawing 3 million viewers.
Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey 2026" proved its overwhelming box office power by surpassing 3 million viewers 10 days after its release.
According to the Korea Integrated Ticketing System, "The Odyssey 2026" recorded a cumulative audience of 3,047,856 as of 6:46 a.m. today (14th), surpassing 3 million viewers 10 days after its release. After surpassing 1 million viewers on the fourth day, Saturday the 8th, and exceeding 2 million viewers on the sixth day, Monday the 10th, "The Odyssey 2026" added another 1 million viewers in just four days, continuing its steep box office momentum.
In particular, this performance demonstrates a dominant box office presence this summer at theaters, at a faster pace than this year's domestic hits such as "The King's Warden" (surpassed 3 million on its 14th day) and "HOPE" (surpassed 3 million on its 11th day), and even faster than "Zootopia 2," which ranked first in the 2025 overall box office (surpassed 3 million on its 11th day).
At the same time, "The Odyssey 2026" set a new record for the highest advance ticket sales this year by surpassing 1 million advance tickets in its second week. This figure surpasses the 930,000 advance tickets recorded on opening day by "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." Above all, the fact that advance ticket enthusiasm continued after release and exceeded 1 million in the second week draws attention because this pattern appeared with past blockbuster hits that sold over 10 million tickets, such as "Avengers: Endgame" and "Avatar: The Way of Water."
This record is more meaningful because it was achieved as "The Odyssey 2026" entered its second week. Unlike the usual decline in advance ticket sales over time after release, "The Odyssey 2026" showed an unusual surge in advance ticket sales even in its second week. This shows that strong word of mouth from viewers who watched the film is bringing new audiences to theaters. With the full-scale Liberation Day holiday ahead and having set this year's highest advance ticket sales, expectations are mounting for the explosive box office run "The Odyssey 2026" may show during the holiday.
Meanwhile, behind-the-scenes elements of "The Odyssey 2026" are also astonishing: the huge sea whirlpool Odysseus and his crew encounter on their voyage home, the witch Circe and her pigs that shocked audiences, the one-eyed giant standing 18 meters tall, and the 10.7-meter giant Trojan horse were realized through actual filming without relying on CGI, drawing praise that "as expected, director Nolan."
[Photo] film poster, Korea Integrated Ticketing System
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