Christopher Nolan and IMAX are the best of friends. They are two peas in a gigantically-projected pod, and the man could announce a three-hour spectacular of someone waiting for a bus for jokes, but still wow critics and audiences alike. After Oppenheimer turned those premium-format screenings into a full-blown cultural event, expectations for his next movie were always going to be absurdly high. Surely he can’t possibly meet those expectations? Oh, don’t be silly.
The Odyssey is not just another Nolan release. It’s one of the greatest epic stories ever told, it’s shot entirely on IMAX 70mm, with one of the most star-studded ensemble casts in recent memory, so to the shock of nobody, tickets appear to be like gold-dust. BFI IMAX, the UK’s largest screen, sold 28,000 tickets for The Odyssey in its first 24 hours on sale, breaking the venue’s first-day sales record.
The total gross reached about $1.01 million, a massive jump over the previous benchmarks set by Dune: Part Two and Nolan’s own Oppenheimer. For comparison, Dune: Part Two grossed about $491,000 in its first 24 hours at the venue, while Oppenheimer took about $341,000 in the same window. That record comes after four opening weekend screenings had already sold out in under an hour a full year in advance, and those included a special midnight screening, which will kick off a weekend of round-the-clock showings. That may be bordering on obsessive, but you know what? Good for them. Hydrate.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
What is ‘The Odyssey’ About?
Based on one of the foundational texts of Western literature, The Odyssey (written by Homer) follows Odysseus, King of Ithaca, on his dangerous journey home after the Trojan War — the one with Helen of Troy, and the wooden horse. You know it. Along the way, he faces Polyphemus the Cyclops, the Sirens, the nymph Calypso, and the witch goddess Circe, while his wife Penelope waits at home and fends off suitors trying to take his place.
The cast includes Matt Damon (Oppenheimer) as Odysseus, Zendaya (Spider-Man: Far From Home) as Athena, Robert Pattinson (The Batman), Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada 2), Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), and Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road).
