'Odyssey' surpasses 'Pamyo' and 'Train to Busan' to become the 5th highest-grossing foreign film of all time

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Rae-won = Director Christopher Nolan's film 'Odyssey' has surpassed 12 million cumulative viewers.

According to distributor Universal Pictures on the 5th, 'Odyssey' surpassed 12,027,000 cumulative viewers this morning.

Accordingly, 'Odyssey' surpassed 'Pamyo' (2024, 11.91 million people) and 'Train to Busan' (2016, 11.57 million people) to rank 19th in the box office rankings of all-time domestic releases.

Among foreign films, it ranks 5th in box office success of all time, following ‘Avatar’ (2009, 13.62 million people) and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019, 13.97 million people).

'Odyssey', which was released on August 5th, surpassed 10 million cumulative viewers within 33 days of its release on the 6th of last month.

It is director Nolan's second film to attract 10 million viewers following 'Interstellar' (2014), and is the first foreign film released this year to attract 10 million viewers.

Even two months after its release, it continues to be a long-term box office hit. As of this morning, it ranked 3rd in overall reservation rate and is competing with new works.

'Odyssey' is based on Homer's epic poem 'Odyssey' and depicts Odysseus' journey back to his hometown Ithaca after the Trojan War.

For the first time in a feature film, the entire film was filmed using an IMAX film camera, sparking fierce competition for tickets at special theaters such as IMAX at the time of its release.

Matt Damon played Odysseus, and a brilliant cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlise Seren also contributed to the box office success.