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‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey,’ and the summer of movie screen maximalism

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Could Spider-Man and Odysseus singlehandedly save the theatrical box office? Maybe not completely. But with the release of Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey , they make a strong case for it. When the latest Spider-Man installment released this past weekend, it made $360 million at the domestic box office and a whopping $932 million globally. Now, in its second week, it earned another $145 million at the domestic box office and crossed the $1 billion mark globally. The Odyssey has made more than $460 million domestically and also crossed $1 billion worldwide. What’s more intriguing is the fact that moviegoers are going out to see these movies in premium formats. Movie fans are going big this summer The Odyssey continues to sell out in IMAX, the way Nolan shot it, especially in 70mm, which only occupies 41 screens all over the world and has even been extended due to the high demand. Of the massive box office debut that Spider-Man collected in its openin

First report: ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Power $239 Million U.K., Ireland July Box Office — variety.com, 4d