The Odyssey: Christopher Nolan film starring Matt Damon and Zendaya receives rave reviews

Universal Studios will have high hopes for the film at the box office after Oppenheimer earned $975m (£723m) worldwide.

But Oppenheimer got a big audience boost thanks to the Barbenheimer phenomenon, a viral trend in 2023 that encouraged movie fans to buy tickets to see Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day.

Odyssey is a film of “exciting ambition, courage, seriousness, generosity and talent”. wrote the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, externalaward five stars

He added, “There are some broad brush moments in the dialogue, yes, but even these are executed with muscular panache.”

Odyssey is the “definition of epic”, According to Empire’s John Nugent,, external in another five-star review.

“The scale and scope here is frankly jaw-dropping,” he said. “This is filmmaking on a scale that very few modern directors can realistically imagine, demand or execute.”