MOVIE NEWS – The release of the superproduction The Odyssey is approaching, in which the title character played by Matt Damon can only return home after a long and adventurous wandering, having endured the road of war. The ambitious film cost roughly 250 million dollars, which is a lot even in Hollywood, so the joking people of the internet calculated how much it has cost so far whenever Matt Damon had to come home from somewhere.

That, of course, was what Saving Private Ryan was about, at 70 million dollars at the time (143 million in today’s money), as was the Martian mission of The Martian for 108 million (151 million adjusted), and Interstellar can also be counted here, in which Damon only had a cameo role but was likewise shipwrecked – and that film, like The Odyssey, was also directed by Christopher Nolan (165 million, or 232 million in today’s money).

Based on the above, Matt Damon’s returns home have so far cost a total of 776 million dollars – fortunately not taxpayers, but the studios. The taxpayers were the ones who paid the ticket price for the first three films, and the total revenue at today’s rates amounts to almost 1.9 billion dollars. In other words, it can safely be said that it is always worth bringing Matt Damon home, whether misfortune throws him into Normandy or onto Mars.

It is not yet known whether Damon’s return from the siege of Troy will also prove to be as brilliantly profitable an undertaking as the previous three, but industry circles consider it likely that The Odyssey is also guaranteed to be a breakout success. The director’s identity points in that direction: Nolan is one of today’s most original filmmakers, and most recently reached previously unseen heights with Oppenheimer. The Odyssey also features an unprecedented parade of stars, because Nolan knows that audiences want to see their favorites again in the cinema, and that desire must be fulfilled. The film was also shot entirely in IMAX format, something that has never happened before in film history. And the story of The Odyssey should not be underestimated either, since the classical epic uniquely blends the most important elements of adventure and coming-of-age novels, moral parables, and ancient tales filled with fantastic creatures that can be told beside a campfire.

(The Odyssey – Hungarian release: July 16, 2026.)

Source: UIP Dunafilm