The Odyssey Passes Deadpool & Wolverine To Become Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie Ever; Ryan Reynolds Responds

@vectorsigma - Agreed that the action was severely lacking at times

@vectorsigma - disagree that the movie is overrated because it really is loaded with spectacle thematically, dramatically and in its aesthetics.

Agree that he’s always been off with clarity in his action. His action is often weird which actually makes it intriguing in initial viewings but it would elevate his films if he could develop this skill similar to Snyder’s execution. But not Bay. Michael Bay’s action to me has always been dull and just a hot mess.

@Rpendo - lolz, your reading comprehension is below average i reckon

@TheAstoundingMan - lolz have you seen and compared how batman action was between nolan and snyder?

@VileBlood - oh another one with por reading comprehension 😂😂😂😂

@dragon316 - it is a FSK 12 movie in germany (12 years and up; and 6-11 years old kids could watch this movie with their parents)

@FireGunn - Deadpool and Wolverine's numbers aren't juiced.

@Lucasberg - probably the ceiling but yeah, def doable. It’s got longevity.

@SteviesRightFoo - I watched the first 75%. Exasperated at how bad the film is technically, I walked out before the last quarter or so of the film. My time is too valuable to watch slop-on-film. It was as if Nolan purposefully forgot all he had learned in film school.

@regmovieguy - Still projecting?

Find the number of tickets sold. Because we both know at least Deadpool and Wolverine's numbers aren't juiced.

@regmovieguy - No, dummy. Deadpool & Wolverine did get a strong multi-week priority on most IMAX screens, roughly three weeks of dedicated play before Alien: Romulus took over a lot of those screens in mid-August 2024 but the Odyssey’s situation was still different in key ways: it was the first film shot entirely for IMAX, it locked a longer stretch of true 70mm exclusivity (later extended), and the early calendar was unusually light on competing tentpoles. A three-week priority for a massive Marvel release is common franchise treatment.

A multi-week full network lock plus extended 70mm for a non-franchise original is rarer and still concentrates premium revenue more heavily in the opening period. Both films benefited from strong IMAX positioning. That doesn’t make the structural boost for Odyssey disappear.

So, I'd only lose the bet if you could prove the number of tickets sold.



Why does the movie not measuring up offend you so much? Go do some outdoors stuff for a change, wuss. lol

@regmovieguy - "Do you know how much of the movies gross is from IMAX 70mm? 27.6 million. That's less than 2% of the movie's gross, lmao. And it was extended because of how much demand for the movie there was/is. You don't get how supply & demand work."

27.6 million from 70mm is under 2%. Congrats on finding the one number that sounds small. That was never the argument. The boost came from locking the entire IMAX network (digital plus 70mm) for multiple weeks with almost no competition. Premium tickets, zero rivals for those screens, early money concentrated in one place. That’s what juiced the opening and second-weekend totals people keep treating as pure demand, Gomer.

“It was extended because of demand” is just restating the obvious. High demand is why they kept the screens. It doesn’t erase that the early exclusivity already inflated the base those later holds are measured against. You’re waving a 2% figure around like it cancels the structural advantage. It doesn’t. lol

"How does that have anything to do with the week 2 drop? We didn't bet on how many tickets would The Odyssey sell in week 2. We bet on the drop. You bet $200 (I didn't make the bet) it would drop 60+% in week 2 and it dropped 29%. You can look up the numbers, I know you know them you've repeated them in other posts."

Because the ticket point still matters because the 29% is calculated off revenue, not attendance. Opening weekend was loaded with higher-priced IMAX seats under a multi-week exclusive. That raised the average ticket price and inflated the starting total. A 29% drop in dollars off that juiced base doesn’t tell you the same thing as a 29% drop in actual people showing up. You’re treating the percentage as pure demand. Without official ticket numbers, it’s just a revenue hold on an already-boosted foundation. Shady from the jump, especially considering its trailer getting ratio'd on Youtube. 😄

"I don't care that you're not going to pay me but watching you run in circles trying to explain the movie somehow isn't a success is [frick]ing hilarious. Just take the L."

What you’re calling running in circles is just separating the headline gross from the early structural boost (multi-week full IMAX exclusive and higher-priced seats) and the actual studio economics after theaters and backend. Those points don’t disappear because the total is big and unaccounted for. You’re treating any nuance as denial. It’s not. The opening base was still juiced and the cost structure still matters. The movie failed. I didn't. You like a failed movie. I don't. The L is all yours. 😄

"Bro you were the guy crying and spiraling over a movie's box office, lmao. There are multiple threads proving it and you've been clowned on in every one."

You're still here. I'm having fun watching how much this actually offends you. Over a crappy movie. lol

@Lucasberg - It was never "woke" but that didn't stop the Righties from yelling about how "woke" the movie was before it released.