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The Odyssey has reached another box office milestone, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film ever.
The Christopher Nolan-directed movie broke the 2024 record set by Deadpool & Wolverine by raking in a staggering $1.3 billion in global ticket sales.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds acknowledged the milestone with a post on X featuring clips of both films and congratulating the cast and crew of The Odyssey.
The only other R-rated film to make more than $1 billion was 2019's Joker.
It also marks the highest-ever earning film by Nolan, whose past personal best was the The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Nolan for further comment on the story.
The Odyssey has overtaken 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine to become the highest-grossing R-rated film ever with a global box office of $1.3 billion; Matt Damon and Zendaya seen in a still
The epic based on the work of Homer is also the highest-ever earning film by Nolan whose past personal best was the The Dark Knight Rises' in 2012
About $40 million of ticket sales come from 41 movie theaters showing the film on Imax 70mm, according to The Wrap.
It is the first-ever to be exclusively shot with Imax cameras.
The motion picture is projected to surpass the $1.6 billion total after its recent release in China and South Korea and with a Japanese release slated for next month.
If it surpasses $1.67 billion, the epic based on Homer's work would become the highest-grossing movie for Universal Pictures overtaking the studio's 2015 release Jurassic World.
In terms of all rated films released so far this year, The Odyssey comes in second behind the newly released Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which has grossed $2 billion globally.
The Sony-Marvel film has surpassed $800 million in domestic box office revenues in record time, Deadline reported.
The epic, which is almost three hours long, stars A-list Hollywood stars including Tom Holland, who plays Telemachus, the son of the central Greek hero Odysseus, played by Matt Damon. Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron and Robert Pattinson also star alongside them.
Despite its commercial success, Nolan's blockbuster adaptation was blasted by a translator whose work he praised. Professor Emily Wilson, a classicist from the University of Pennsylvania, wrote a 2017 translation of Homer's Odyssey which Nolan cited while promoting the film.
The almost three-hour epic boasts an all-star cast, with Damon taking on the role of Greek hero Odysseus
Anne Hathaway plays Queen Penelope in Nolan's Greek epic, which was released in theaters on July 17
The film's casting choices have sparked ire among conservative commentators, particularly the decision to feature Black actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and transgender star Elliot Page as Sinon (pictured)
Despite its commercial success, Nolan's blockbuster adaptation has also been blasted by professor Emily Wilson (pictured), whose translation Nolan cited while promoting the film
Last month Wilson gutted the British director's attempt to bring the ancient Greek epic to modern audiences.
In a scathing review, written for the London Review of Books, Professor Wilson vented: 'I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.'
The renowned translator stomped on Nolan's adaptation, branding the writing as 'abysmal' and concluding that it 'has nothing convincing to say.'
She added: 'It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky.'
This is not the first public criticism that Nolan's adaptation has gotten.
Most notably, the film has drawn the ire of Right-wing commentators including the billionaire Elon Musk, who were furious about the use of 'color-blind' casting.
The controversial tech mogul has made multiple comments critical of Nolan's casting decisions, including choosing Black actress Lupita Nyong'o to play Helen of Troy and transgender star Elliot Page to play Sinon.