Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has earned Rs. 47.03 crore at the domestic box office on the second day of release, while global collections stood at approximately $ 255 million.

Featuring Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Zendaya as Athena, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, Anne Hathaway as Penelope and Charlize Theron as Calypso, among others, the film released globally on Friday.

According to the trade tracking website Sacnilk, the film opened in India with Rs.20.76 crore at the domestic box office and went on to earn over Rs. 26 crore on the following day. The total collection of the film has crossed over USD 200 million at the global box office, a PTI report from New Delhi stated yesterday.

‘The Odyssey’ revolves around the Greek King Odysseus (essayed by Damon) on a perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan War. Beset by vengeful gods, sea monsters, and enchantresses, he fights to reunite with his wife, Penelope (Hathaway), and son, Telemachus (Holland).

It is produced under Syncopy Inc and distributed by Universal Pictures.

An NDTVProfit report yesterday said the English version continued to lead the film’s earning with Rs 6.32 crore and an impressive 84 percent occupancy across 2,367 shows. (https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/the-odyssey-box-office-collection-day-3-christopher-nolans-epic-keeps-audiences-hooked-over-the-weekend-earns-this-amount-11791537)

The Hindi version,a ccording to NFTVProfit, collected Rs 1.04 crore from 1,628 shows, followed by the Telugu version with Rs 0.43 crore from 372 shows. The Tamil version has added Rs 0.22 crore across 255 shows.

Actors Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo and Travis Scott, among others, round off the cast of the film. They feature as Menelaus, the King of Sparta, Eumaeus and bard, respectively.

The film is based on Homer’s ancient Greek poem, which has been previously adapted several times. In 1954, ‘Ulysses’, an Italian-American co-production, featured actor Kirk Douglas as the Greek hero. ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’, released in 2000, was a loose, satirical adaptation directed by the Coen Brothers.

‘The Odyssey’ in 1997 was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and was broadcast as a two-part miniseries, the PTI report elaborated.

It starred Armand Assante as the Greek king and Greta Scacchi as Penelope, and followed Odysseus’s perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan War.

Odyssey Filming Was Stamina-sapping: Meanwhile, Nolan said it will take him at least three years for another film after his latest release ‘The Odyssey’, a PTI report from Los Angeles stated yesterday quoting from an interview given to Today magazine of the US.

“I definitely hit the limits of my own stamina and everybody’s stamina, I think…I mean, it’s ‘The Odyssey’, of course it should be difficult. We’re not doing the job right making a film of ‘The Odyssey’ if it doesn’t seem difficult,” Nolan told Today in an interview.

The filmmaker recalled telling the cast and crew about making the film with IMAX cameras.

“If ever we are going to fulfill this dream of shooting the entire movie that way, this is the one. This is ‘The Odyssey’,” he said.