Christopher Nolan on the red carpet at the BAFTAsImage via PA Images/INSTARimages
The summer box-office is already heating up, and Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey is still several days away from release. Easily the most-anticipated film of 2026,The Odyssey is also the most expensive project of Nolan’s career, which has almost exclusively unfolded in the big-budget arena. Nolan is coming off his first-ever Best Picture and Best Director wins at the Oscars, taking him to a level that even he hadn’t experienced before. Oppenheimer, the epic biographical thriller that won Nolan his Best Director Academy Award, grossed nearly $1 billion at the worldwide box office, and The Odyssey is expected to eclipse it. So steep has been his career trajectory that one of his older classics was able to gross around $100 million globally via its re-release alone.
The movie in question turned 10 a couple of years ago, and was re-issued in Nolan’s preferred format, IMAX, in theaters worldwide to mark the occasion. The re-release took the movie’s global haul from around $670 million in 2014, to more than $770 million in 2025, against a reported budget of around $165 million. During this 10th-anniversary re-release, the film was also able to pass the $200 million mark domestically. Ahead of The Odyssey‘s release in July, Nolan’s 2014 classic — featuring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway — is being released on the Hulu streaming service domestically.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Here’s When You Can Watch Nolan’s Sci-Fi Epic on Hulu
By now you’ve probably guessed that we’re talking about Interstellar, the epic space adventure that saw Nolan revisiting some of his favorite themes and concepts. Nolan was coming off The Dark Knight Trilogy, and had already established himself as an A-list filmmaker who could pull audiences on the strength of his name. Interstellar now holds a “Certified Fresh” 73% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Interstellar represents more of the thrilling, thought-provoking, and visually resplendent filmmaking moviegoers have come to expect from writer-director Christopher Nolan, even if its intellectual reach somewhat exceeds its grasp.” The movie famously featured Matt Damon in an extended cameo; Damon also played a supporting role in Oppenheimer, and will headline The Odyssey next. Interstellar will be made available to stream on Hulu on July 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
