‘The Odyssey’ scores impressive £11.9m second weekend at UK-Ireland box office to pass £35m

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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sailed past £35m after just 10 days in cinemas, following an excellent second weekend hold at the UK-Ireland box office.

The Universal film added £11.9m, down just 5% on its opening weekend, with the biggest second weekend of the year to date.

With £35.3m, The Odyssey is already the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2026. It is tracking ahead of all previous Nolan films, including Oppenheimer, which had £27.7m at this stage and went on to become the director’s highest-grossing title with £59.8m.

It has already passed the lifetime totals of seven of Nolan’s 12 previous feature films, including Interstellar (£21.8m), and will pass the £35.9m of Inception today.

The film accounted for 66% of the total UK-Ireland box office this weekend, while Imax has accounted for a sizeable 21% of its cume to date.

Several family-friendly titles profited from the start of the school holidays in England and Wales. These included Disney’s Toy Story 5, which posted a 15% increase on its sixth weekend with £1.9m. The animated title is up to £49.1m total, slightly behind the £51.6m at the same stage of Toy Story 4, but overtaking the totals of all films from the Despicable Me / Minions franchise.

Disney stablemate Moana dropped 10% on its third weekend in cinemas, with £1.4m taking it to £8.4m total. It could still catch the £11.6m of last year’s Disney’s Snow White, but is well down on the totals of the previous animated Moana films.

Universal’s Minions & Monsters rose by 15% on its fourth weekend in cinemas, with £1.3m taking it to £12.2m total, ahead of animations including The Polar Express  (£12.1m).

Olivia Wilde’s The Invite regained a top five spot on its fourth weekend in cinemas after an excellent 28% rise. The comedy-drama added £304,000 for Black Bear, and is up to almost £3.2m total.

Takings for the top five titles held impressively, falling just 2% on last weekend with a £16.8m total, and up 42% on the equivalent weekend from last year. The Odyssey  will be a formidable opponent for next weekend’s blockbuster arrival, Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Obsession intensifies

Curry Barker’s Obsession saw an astonishing 36% increase on its 11^th weekend in cinemas, taking £253,372. The film is up to £19.1m for Universal, and should now overtake the £19.5m of David Fincher’s Seven to become the fifth-highest-grossing horror film ever in the territory.

Evil Dead Burn leads Studiocanal’s slate, adding £232,910 on its third weekend in cinemas – a 23% drop that brought the horror title to £2.2m total.

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day added £77,865 on its seventh session for Universal, an 11% increase that brought it to £12.8m total.

Supergirl added £62,668 on its fifth weekend for Warner Bros, a 34% drop on its previous session that brought it to a low £5.7m total.

Jackass: Best And Last leads Paramount’s slate, adding £31,000 on its fifth weekend – a 28% drop that brought it to £2.3m total.

Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm opened to £29,255 from 232 sites at a £126 cinema average for Vue Lumière, and has £40,015 including previews.

Backrooms put on a further £29,140 for A24. Kane Parsons’ debut feature is up to £13.1m after nine weekends in cinemas, taking it just beyond the £13.1m of last year’s Nosferatu.

Adventure comedy Dhamaal 4 added £20,173 on its third weekend in cinemas for AA Films UK, handled by Bakrania Media, and is up to £258,830.

Curzon’s re-release of Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1983 Nostalgia brought in £17,447 from just 17 cinemas at a strong £1,090 average.

Helen Walsh’s UK romantic drama On The Sea  brought in £15,222 for Verve Pictures, from 21 sites at a £725 average.

Chicken Run, the latest Aardman Animations re-release from Park Circus, brought in £15,005 at the weekend. The gallinaceous caper took £29.3m on its original 2000 outing.

UK-US horror Pinocchio Unstrung made £13,934 from 40 sites at a £348 average for Altitude, and has £18,344 including previews.

Animation Chickenhare And The Secret Of The Groundhog started with £13,697 for Miracle/IHeartCinema, from 286 sites at a £48 location average.

Pop star release Sia: Nostalgia For The Present took £11,213 including its Thursday July 23 opening for Trafalgar Releasing.

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