[Edaily Starin Choi Hee-jae Reporter] The movie "The Odyssey" has topped the box office for eight consecutive days since its release, gaining the upper hand in the summer box office battle.

According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated computer network on the 13th, “The Odyssey” took the No. 1 spot at the box office on the 12th, drawing 247,326 viewers. Its cumulative audience count stands at 2,615,953, and it is on track to reach the 3 million mark this week.
In second place was “Spider-Man: A Brand New Day” (Spider-Man 4), which drew 147,206 viewers, bringing its cumulative total to 6,390,094.
Third place went to *Detective Conan: The Fallen Angel of the Highway*, which opened on the 12th. It drew 67,965 viewers on its opening day.
Fourth and fifth places were taken by Korean films. In fourth place was the comedy-action film “Okay Madam 2,” starring Uhm Jung-hwa, which opened on the 12th and drew 42,931 viewers to kick off its run. In fifth place was the animated film “Love Hachuping: The Legend of the Whale Jewel,” which gained popularity through word of mouth and drew 14,977 viewers.

“Odyssey” depicts the journey of Odysseus (played by Matt Damon), the hero who led the 10-year Trojan War to victory, as he sets out to return to his wife Penelope (played by Anne Hathaway) and his son Telemachus (played by Tom Holland).
It is the latest film from director Christopher Nolan, whose previous works—including “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk,” “Tenet,” and “Oppenheimer”—have drawn over 36 million viewers in South Korea alone. The film garnered particular attention as the first in cinematic history to be shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. The film stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya Coleman, and Charlize Theron.