“Hollywood is dead and YouTubers are taking over” is something I’ve read way too frequently this year, so forgive me if weekends like this feel like personal vindication.

Our number one movie–as you probably already read by now because I’m late with this–is of course The Odyssey, and for once, tracking was sort of kind of a little on track. Projections from this ranged from $80 million to a little over $100 million, and the Matt Damon actioner finds itself comfortably on the upper end of those expectations with a take of $123 million. For those keeping score, this is Christopher Nolan’s best ever opening for a non-Batman flick (although I will also add that, once again, we are really dealing with a four-day weekend pretending to be a three-day one here, but I digress). It’s also the third best premiere of the year, behind only The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (which opened on a Wednesday) and Toy Story 5 (which opened on a Thursday but still counted as a Friday).

Few things in life are certain, especially at the box office. However the success of The Odyssey was never really in doubt. Once it was announced Nolan was taking on the Greek epic as his next cinematic endeavor, those tickets practically sold themselves. It’s hard to think of any director other than Nolan who has that level of street cred these days, as his name alone launched a talky biopic to massive success with Oppenheimer. Of his post Dark Knight films, only 2020’s Tenet faltered, and hey, we can blame that on the pandemic if we want to. In hindsight, its release should’ve been delayed until the following year (actually, wait, you didn’t need hindsight for that since everyone was saying it at the time, but again, I digress).

To put things in perspective, The Odyssey has already made more money in a matter of days than Spielberg’s Disclosure Day made over an entire month. It’s also going to sail past summer heavy hitters Backrooms and Obsession with ease, maybe even as soon as next weekend. The Odyssey is a lock for $300 million stateside and could go much higher. The only real potential threat in its way is Spider-Man in two weeks, which might explain why no studio is brave enough to put out a major release this Friday. It’s Tom Holland’s world, and we’re just living in it.

Meanwhile, Moana isn’t quite staying afloat, although it will surpass the $100 million mark stateside, so hey, it could be worse. Same goes for Evil Dead Burn which fans simply don’t like as much as Evil Dead Rise, which may or may not explain why Burn sequel-baits a potential direct sequel to the latter in a closing credits stinger. But really, this was a matter of not understanding the assignment. I go to an Evil Dead flick to watch Deadites have their heads smashed open and enjoy it, not for all of the “drama” this entry insists on literally interrupting the carnage for. Sorry, personal tangent over.

Finally, Supergirl might finish its run barely making more than Morbius (and may not even pull that off), and if that’s not weird box office news, I don’t know what is. As things stand, the best Supergirl movie both critically and commercially is The Flash.

Anyway, the top ten, via The Numbers