The movie 'The Odyssey' has broken cinema records. The film made $290,000 from just one London cinema. The movie is doing well in the US. It had the biggest opening weekend of the year for a non-animated film. The world's largest cinema group showed the movie at 2 am and 3 am in some cities. Almost all tickets were sold.

'The Odyssey' is an action fantasy film. It is based on a 2,700-year-old poem by the Greek poet Homer. It is about a king called Odysseus. He goes on a ten-year journey to get home after the Trojan War. He meets many strange people. The movie's director got a lot of praise. He took an old story and made it modern.