Sir Christopher Nolan's epic adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek poem has shattered the all-time box office record at London's BFI Imax, with The Odyssey accumulating £2.7million in ticket revenue from its single screen.
The Universal release has overtaken Avatar's previous benchmark of £2.5million, set back in 2009, while also eclipsing Mr Nolan's own 2023 hit Oppenheimer at the venue, which houses the largest cinema screen in the United Kingdom.
More than 101,000 tickets have been sold since the three-hour film opened on July 17, with further takings still expected.
The BFI Imax ranks as the top-performing Imax location across both UK and international markets for the film, and sits as the second-highest-grossing Imax screen worldwide, trailing only the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
That Los Angeles venue boasts nearly double the BFI Imax's 500-seat capacity.
Demand for the film was evident from the outset, with 28,000 pre-sale tickets snapped up within 24 hours of going on sale in June, generating £750,000 in revenue.
Its opening weekend brought in £220,000, the highest debut figure for any title at the venue.
Occupancy has remained at 95 per cent across all available showtimes.
Every screening through to September 10 had already sold out and additional dates added on August 14 extending through to September 17 were immediately filled.
In the months preceding the release, the BFI Imax staged a Christopher Nolan On Film season featuring Imax 70mm prints spanning from The Dark Knight trilogy to Oppenheimer.
"As the only cinema in the UK to hold a complete archive of Christopher Nolan's Imax 70mm filmography, now including The Odyssey, we are proud to be the home of Christopher Nolan on film," said BFI Imax programme manager Madeleine Mullett.
Beyond the BFI Imax, the film has proved a commercial juggernaut worldwide.
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In under a month, it surpassed $1.104billion (£819million) at the global box office, making it the most lucrative release of Mr Nolan's career.
That figure eclipses his previous best, 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, which took $1.085billion (£805.70million), and comfortably outstrips 2008's The Dark Knight at $1.005billion (£745million).
The Odyssey claimed the number one spot globally upon release and held that position for a second consecutive weekend in both domestic and international markets.
In the UK and Ireland, the film has reached £69.1million, placing it second at the box office this past weekend.
It now stands as Mr Nolan's highest-grossing title in the territory, and the second-biggest literary adaptation ever, behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 at £73.2million.
The film, which Mr Nolan shot entirely using Imax cameras, carried a reported production budget of $250million (£185million) before marketing costs, placing it among the priciest projects of his career.
The 56-year-old wrote and directed the adaptation, producing it alongside his wife, Dame Emma Thomas.
Its ensemble cast features Matt Damon as Odysseus alongside Zendaya, Tom Holland, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson.
For Mr Damon, Ms Hathaway and Mr Pattinson, The Odyssey has become the biggest earner of their respective careers at the global box office.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker's body of work, including Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet, has now accumulated more than $7billion (£5.198billion) in worldwide grosses.
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