A new blockbuster arrived with enough box office force to shake even Nolan’s grip on the format he had monopolized since mid-July. The film had generated $221 million in IMAX global box office to date, making it the third-highest-grossing IMAX title of all time, while notching the best Tuesday performance in IMAX company history just weeks earlier at $10.6 million. pic.twitter.com/tr2BhchtmH — Global Box Office (@GlobalBoxOffice) August 5, 2026‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s own numbers explain why IMAX made the switch. Even with reduced IMAX access, ‘The Odyssey’ remains one of the year’s defining box office stories, still closing in on the billion-dollar mark worldwide after three weekends in release. Which movie deserves to dominate IMAX screens right now?