Movie Monday: ‘The Odyssey’ Earns a Golden Cow’s Worth of Money

Well, Poseidon won’t be too pleased about it, but things continue to look up for Odysseus.

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sacked another $87 million from moviegoers this weekend. So far, that means the film has taken $286.4 million from American audiences. And if we add that to its international earnings, we’ll find that the island of Ithaca is swimming in $639.6 million. That’s a salary of nearly $32 million for every year Odysseus was away from home.

Speaking of island-hopping protagonists, Moana maintained second place. The ocean washed up $10.5 million as the live-action remake went into its third weekend, bringing Moana’s domestic gain to $102.5 million and its worldwide cume to $228.2 million. Comparatively, the animated 2016 release had taken a total of $238.8 million by this point. Not terrible, of course, but releasing a live-action iteration of a movie that’s not even a decade old makes us wish someone would restore the heart of Disney creativity.

I doubt Disney is too pressed, though: The media giant ended up gaining the bronze medal alongside silver this weekend with Toy Story 5. Despite being out for six weeks, the animated film made $10 million. Its domestic cume now sits at $448.6 million, and its worldwide total officially crossed the $1 billion mark. That makes Toy Story 5 2026’s highest grossing movie so far, surpassing both Michael and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

Fourth place went to newcomer Hadestown: The Musical, which took $9.7 million in its debut. It turns out moviemaking is a far more profitable venture than charging an obol to cross the Styx.

And if anyone would happily serve Hades, it’d probably be the Minions. It makes sense, then, that Minions & Monsters is his underling by rank, taking fifth place with $9.6 million. In total, Minions & Monsters has summoned $155.4 million from domestic audiences—and $411.9 million worldwide.

Looking down the list at other newcomers, Motor City squealed into ninth place, taking $1.6 million. And Her Private Hell found that most of its showings were apparently private events, too, since it only earned $530,000. That’s enough for 14^th place.