'The Odyssey' Returns to Imax, 70mm This Month

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is returning to Imax and 70mm theaters this month, Universal Studios announced Tuesday.

Screenings begin Oct. 9 at select Imax locations.

The Matt Damon epic has grossed $1.76 billion globally, making it Universal's highest-grossing film of all time before inflation adjustment, TheWrap reported. That tops the $1.67 billion record set by "Jurassic World" in 2015, a mark the film passed in its ninth weekend.

The film has piled up additional records along the way: Nolan's personal best at the box office, surpassing even the inflation-adjusted total of "The Dark Knight Rises"; the all-time R-rated box office record; and the highest-grossing Imax release ever. "The Odyssey" is Nolan's third $1 billion-plus hit, 18 years after "The Dark Knight" became the first superhero film to cross that threshold.

"What Chris and Emma [Thomas] have created will go down as one of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed films in cinematic history." - Donna Langley, Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment

"The Odyssey" is also the first non-sequel, non-remake film since "Avatar" in early 2010 to earn more than $1 billion outside the U.S. and Canada, per TheWrap.

The re-release continues Nolan's partnership with Universal, which began five years ago when he left Warner Bros. after more than a decade and took his three-hour "Oppenheimer" biopic to the Comcast-owned studio.

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