When all is said and done, when we look back at the box office of 2026 films, which paring of auteur blockbuster and Marvel behemoth will make more at the global box office?

If we went purely off of the past performances in these respective franchises (Nolan is his own franchise) then:

Oppenheimer ($976.8 Million) + Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.921 Billion) = $2.898 Billion

Dune: Part Two ($715 Million) + Avengers: Endgame ($2.799 Billion) = $3.514 Billion

A $616 Million advantage to D2+A:E

Now the obvious advantage that ODY+BND over Dp3+A:DD is The Odyssey's extra 2 weeks, whereas Dp3+A:DD will be released on the same day.

Also there will most likely be a lot lest competition for the rest of the Summer compared to Jumanji's entrance in Dunesday's second weekend.

From what I have seen, this sub definitely seems to be quite bullish that Dp3 can make a billion opposite A:DD, however this sub is also starting to think ODY will far exceed expectations and fly like a pegasus into the billion dollar club.

On the other hand, this sub also thinks BND is going to be a juggernaut and very well likely join the $2B, however there's been some notable debate on whether this will be a "fluke" because Spider-Man is so popular, and his box office success won't help A:DD at all, but others think A:DD could very well piggyback off of Spidey's success, and will very likely surpass it, and in turn become the second highest grossing comic book movie of all time.

I personally think both of these are guaranteed to surpass $3 Billion, however I only see ODY+BND surpassing $3.5 Billion.

So I personally would put my weight behind ODY+BND>Dp3+A:DD.

What do you guys think?

Now I don’t really see much discussion about the evolution of cinemas,but nowadays if you want a ticket,the cinema chains encourages the use of online website.

Pre sales have exploded in popularity mostly due to connivence,you don’t have to wait in a queue and you can snatch up the best seats as quickly as possible.

However I’ve always wondered what happens to those people who simply go to cinema via walkups,and get a ticket at the cinema till. I saw a family unable to book tickets at the till and simply headed home because they were all taken.

Do you think the demographic that grew up on walkups,mostly Gen x and Baby boomers who are unwilling to adapt to the new age of cinema simply just don’t go to the cinema anymore due to presales.

Now I know people are saying that "oh Digger is gonna be the next OBAA" or "it's gonna flop" which I don't agree with. Now I don't think it will make that kind of numbers that The Revenant did at the box office, but I do feel like it will break even (312-375), but I'm also hoping it will surpass the break even point at the box office because if you think about it. Tom Cruise last movies even if they were flops because of massive budgets due to covid and the strikes, but if you take that away Mission 7 and 8 would still be successes, and Tom Cruise is proof that he can still be a draw. Also his last original non Mission Impossible or Top Gun movie American Made was a box office success as 134 million with a 50 million dollar budget.

Also people forget about that the director's last american movie The Revenant came out a week after Force Awakens making 533 million at the box office with a budget more than Digger. That movie became a box office success so I don't know why people think differently about Digger? unless I'm missing something?

Jurassic World: Rebirth seems low but compared to the other titles, it did way bigger numbers in its first 2 days on Netflix. That's only showing day 3 to day 9 and "Song Sung Blue" missed the Nielsen Top 10 for its first 2 days on Netflix.

>The cast includes Korean actors Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung and Jung Ho-yeon, along with Hollywood actors Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Taylor Russell portraying the alien beings.

>Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho praised the film during a post-screening audience discussion held at Megabox Coex in southern Seoul on Wednesday.

>"'What on earth did I just watch?' was my first thought,” Bong said. “Once the thrill and cinematic shock settle, I have so many questions. It's an astonishing cinematic adventure.”

>Bong also thanked Na for his creative production.

>“Where else are we ever going to see a film like this?” Bong said. “It's a movie bursting with audacity and madness. As a fellow filmmaker, I'm sincerely grateful that you've given us such a spectacular vision of what cinema can be.”

Box office nerds will tell you that avatar which grossed 2.9 billion is the highest grossing film when it factually isn’t gone with the wind made 4.5 billion when you adjust it for inflation literally everything is adjusted for inflation except the box office according to them Superman 2025(618 million) made more money than Superman 1978 (300 million) but when you adjust it for inflation you will know that Reeve’s superman made significantly more money (1.45 billion in today’s money)

Russia and CIS box office Thursday, July 16. Russia only numbers for Michael to avoid confusion.

Local family comedy To Grandfather's Village 2 leads with $312k on Thursday and $321k including previews. Its opening weekend is projected at around $1.5 million, 15–20% lower than the first film's holiday opening a year ago.

Evil Dead Burn grossed $228k on Thursday and $241k including previews. An opening of around $1 million would be similar to the 2013 film, albeit with less than half the admissions. It is expected to rank as the 3rd or 4th biggest foreign market after India, the UK, and probably Mexico.

Michael added $160k yesterday, with a 28% week-to-week drop. An $860–880k 8th weekend is expected, bringing its total to $27.55 million by Monday

1972.5 mln RUB or $26.85 mln with 3,640,974 admissions in Russia.

2352.3 mln RUB or $31.98 mln with all CIS countries included. 4,588,341 admissions

No. 17 on the all-time chart and No. 5 among all foreign releases.

1. Avatar 3639.46 mlm RUB
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home 3513.63 mln RUB
3. Lion King 2998.51 mln RUB
4. Avengers: Endgame 2986.85 mln RUB
5. Michael 2352.3 mln RUB
6. Venom 2 2340.6 mln RUB
7. Pirates of the Caribbean 5 2325.73 mln RUB
8. Zootopia 2280.92 mln RUB
9. Now You See Me 3 2198.5 mln RUB
10. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2185.25 mln RUB

The Odyssey will be released in CIS countries next week. Unofficially in Russia a couple of days later.

It’s going up since yesterday. I think 1 day is good delay to see how the audience will really look like.

• The Odyssey released in Germany yesterday and after it´s Opening Day it´s tracking to open with Ca. 485K tickets during it´s Opening Weekend.

This would be the 2nd Biggest Opening Weekend of the year, the 26th Biggest Opening Weekend since the Pandemic and Christopher Nolan´s 5th Biggest Opening Weekend, just -3.8% below Oppenheimer.

It would be a lot lower than Troy (2004). However, going to movie theaters was just a lot more popular in Germany back then and films. especially Blockbusters, were a lot more frontloaded back then.

Top 10 Biggest 2026 Opening Weekends:

Top 10 Biggest Christopher Nolan Opening Weekends:

• Minions & Monsters continues to underperfrom compared to previous entries (DM 3rd WE: 348,169 tickets +15%/ Ca. 1,410,000 tickets, DM2 3rd WE: 258.256 tickets -42%/ 1,625,034 tickets, Minions 3rd WE: 760,181 tickets -27%/ 3,597,752 tickets, DM3 3rd WE: 462,009 tickets -32%/ 2,592,248 tickets, Minions 2 3rd WE: 361,720 tickets -37%/ 1,759,023 tickets, DM4 3rd WE: 401,885 tickets +11%/ 2,124,753 tickets).

Meanwhile, Moana 2026 is performing worse than Moana 2 (2nd WE: 712,365 tickets -26%/ 1,830,606 tickets) and Moana 2016 (2nd WE: 279,649 tickets +75%/ 797,957 tickets).

As acnother comparison, Snow White 2025 had a 2nd Weekend of 142,152 tickets -22%/ 359,313 tickets and Lilo & Stitch 2025 had a 2nd Weekend of 652,680 tickets -11%/ 1,577,860 tickets.

The current projection for the weekend:

1. The Odyssey - 485.000 tickets (New)
2. Minions & Monsters - 160.000 tickets -13.3%/ 1.125.000 tickets (3rd Weekend)
3. Moana - 130.000 tickets -50.7%/ 495.000 tickets (2nd Weekend)
4. Obsession - 105.000 tickets -16.1%/ 850.000 tickets (4th Weekend)

• Of course, this is only a projection based on the Thursday (& Wednesday) numbers of these films, so these numbers can still change in the coming days.

My next post about next weekend´s final numbers will be released next week, probably on wednesday, maybe tuesday or thursday.

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Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As war burns across England, he forms an army of the people to face the King’s might in a fight for justice and survival.

Venues screening The Odyssey this weekend include three IMAX 70mm locations, seven 70mm locations and 21 35mm locations.

It marks Nolan’s second collaboration with Universal Studios after 2023 Oscar winner Oppenheimer, which debuted with £10.9m from 662 locations – the second-biggest launch for the director, behind The Dark Knight Rises at £14.3 m in 2012.

Nolan’s other top openings include Dunkirk  (£10.1m), Inception (£5.9m) and Interstellar (£5.4m).