It’s not just The Odyssey; Cinemark says this year has broken records at the movie theater
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – After two weeks at the theater, The Odyssey has raked in an estimated $639.6 million globally. While Christopher Nolan’s latest epic has created a lot of local and national excitement, Cinemark says it’s not leading a trend of packing the theaters; it’s following suit.
“We’ve seen so much consumer enthusiasm for the movie-going experience across the board, across all different genres of films and different audience segments,” Julia McCartha, a spokesperson for Cinemark, said.
This year alone, Cinemark says it’s seen its all-time biggest three-day opening weekend domestic box office for a G- or PG-rated film, its biggest Easter weekend of all time, and its biggest month of May all time.
While the company won’t share the exact dollar figure behind the record-breaking time frames, we can extract some relevant information from its quarterly SEC reports (Securities and Exchange Commission).
SEC report for Cinemark Holdings LLC for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022. Link here.
SEC report for Cinemark Holdings LLC for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026. Link here.
In the first three months of 2021 (see first picture), Cinemark reported a total revenue of $114.4 million. Over that same time period in 2022, the revenue reported was $460.5 million. That’s a year-to-year increase of more than $300 million.
Compare that to reported revenues in 2025, $540 million, and 2026, more than $640 million.
“You know, it’s really a trend that we have been seeing for several years coming back from the pandemic,” McCartha said.
KRDO13 caught up with several movie-goers heading into and leaving The Odyssey at the Carefree Circle Cinemark theater.
“Just be able to go out and enjoy the smell of popcorn and the camaraderie between people,” Eddie Orozco said, “like, you could probably talk to the person next to you while you’re watching a movie. Like, ‘Do you see that? Oh. I’m sorry. It’s like, no, I saw it too.’ I like that interaction.”
“It’s just more of an experience and like a make-memories type of thing,” Evan Brillar said.
“When you see it on streaming services, like at home, it just doesn’t do it justice like in person at the movies,” Alex Castillo said.
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