FRIDAY AM UPDATE after Thursday exclusive:Universal is calling the Thursday night previews for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey at $17.6M. That’s the best preview number of 2026 YTD ahead of Toy Story 5‘s $17.

The box office finally feels like its old self again. Years after the pandemic brought the film industry to its knees, moviegoing is back thanks to sleeper hits like "Obsession" and "Backrooms" and successful sequels like "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,

The 2026 box office has been big for movies, as it may surpass $10B for the first time in 7 years, thanks to blockbusters like The Odyssey.

The last few years have been a struggle for cinemas and the movie industry as a whole but it seems things are starting to look up in 2026, despite some high-profile flops.

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond has no illusions about his newfound popularity. People are calling his phone and cozying up to him like he could have gotten them inside Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden.

'Backrooms', now A24's top-grossing title of all time, and Focus stand-out 'Obsession' take the No. 3 and No. 4 slots with $25.9 million and $25.6 million, respectively.

No studio wanted to get in the way of Homer's epic. Here's why it's tracking to be Nolan's biggest opening since The Dark Knight Rises — and what we expect to round out the top five.

Over the weekend, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will begin its epic big-screen journey. The big-budget historical adventure is projected to open to $90 million to $100 million from 3,900 North American theaters.

EXCLUSIVE: A year after selling out 70MM Imax showtimes, Universal’s second Christopher Nolan movie after his multi-Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, The Odyssey, finally arrives. While we had a puffy projection last week for Disney’s Moana of $130M in worldwide box office fueled by lofty tracking,

The latest “Moana,” directed by Thomas Kail, brings Dwayne Johnson back as the demigod Maui and introduces Catherine Lagaʻaia as the adventuring Polynesian princess.