"Odyssey" surpasses 800,000 ticket sales in its second week since release... Tops the box office for 7 consecutive days

The movie ″Odyssey″ continues its box office success by surpassing 800,000 ticket reservations in its second week of release. According to the Korea Film Council’s integrated ticketing system as of 1 PM on August 12, ″Odyssey″ has exceeded 800,000 ticket reservations. This figure greatly surpasses the 430,000 advance reservations made the day before its release, showing an increase in reservation enthusiasm after the premiere. Unlike the usual trend of declining reservations in the second week after release, ″Odyssey″ recorded an upward trend in ticket sales. ″Odyssey″ has maintained the number one overall reservation rate for 10 consecutive days and topped the box office for 7 consecutive days. During its opening weekend (August 7 to 9), it ranked first with a seat occupancy rate of 64.1%. It surpassed 1 million viewers within 4 days of release and exceeded 2 million viewers in 6 days, with an overall reservation rate of 65.9% in its second week. The film is based on Homer’s epic of the same name, depicting the 10-year journey of the hero Odysseus returning to his homeland Ithaca after the Trojan War. Directed by Christopher Nolan, it stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron. ″Odyssey″ has earned $1,148,048,890 worldwide (approximately 1.5682 trillion KRW), surpassing the record of ″The Dark Knight RIIZE″ and becoming the highest-grossing global film among Nolan’s works. Meanwhile, on August 12 at 8:45 PM, Christopher Nolan and Matt Damon will appear on tvN’s ″You Quiz on the Block″ to talk with Yoo Jae-suk about the movie.