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The Odyssey draws 4.3M AMC viewers in opening weekend

July 20, 2026 7:00 AM

AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) reported that more than 4.3 million moviegoers attended AMC Theatres in the United States and ODEON Cinemas internationally from Thursday through Sunday for the opening weekend of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

The film recorded a media-reported domestic opening weekend gross of approximately $124 million, making it the second film in five weeks to surpass $100 million in domestic opening weekend earnings, and the eighth film since late March to open above $75 million domestically.

The Odyssey also posted the best opening weekend box office performance across the AMC U.S. circuit for any R-rated title since 2024, according to the company.

Six U.S. AMC locations operated continuously throughout the weekend, running showtimes for more than 85 consecutive hours. Those locations included AMC Lincoln Square 13 in New York, AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco, AMC Burbank 16, AMC Century City 15, AMC The Grove 14, and Universal Cinema – an AMC Theatre in the Los Angeles market.

Attendance spanned multiple presentation formats, including IMAX at AMC, Dolby Cinema at AMC, PRIME at AMC, and XL at AMC in the U.S., as well as iSense, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, and XL screens in Europe.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes listed critic and audience scores for the film at 95% and 97%, respectively.

Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, said in a statement: "THE ODYSSEY has been at the center of the pop culture conversation across both the United States and Europe, once again demonstrating how deeply movie theatres are woven into the fabric of society."

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