Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has officially made box office history, overtaking Deadpool & Wolverine to become the highest grossing R rated film ever released.

According to Variety, the epic has reached $1.352bn worldwide, putting it ahead of the $1.338bn earned by Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024. The result gives Nolan's latest film another major milestone after an extraordinary run in cinemas since its July 17 release.

The worldwide total includes $516m from North American cinemas and $835m from international markets. Those figures underline the unusually strong performance of a nearly three-hour historical adventure aimed at adult audiences and based on one of the oldest surviving works of Western literature.

The Odyssey stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, as he attempts to return home following the Trojan War. The cast also includes Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Elliot Page, Jon Bernthal and John Leguizamo.

The achievement also makes The Odyssey Nolan's biggest film at the worldwide box office. It has moved past The Dark Knight Rises, which finished its theatrical run with approximately $1.08bn globally.