Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Lands R Rating With $250 Million Budget
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Updated · KSL.com · Jun 20
Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Lands R Rating With $250 Million Budget
3 articles · Updated · KSL.com · Jun 20
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$250 million puts Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' on track to become the most expensive R-rated film ever made if the reported budget holds.
The R rating narrows the potential audience at a time when a film that costly typically needs roughly two to three times its budget worldwide, pushing its likely box-office target toward $1 billion.
Nolan's recent precedent is 'Oppenheimer,' another R-rated release that cost about $100 million and grossed nearly $1 billion to become the highest-grossing R-rated film.
That record has fueled industry interest in whether Nolan can again turn an unconventional subject—this time an ancient Greek epic—into a mass-audience event despite the stricter rating.