While Christopher Nolan‘s latest epic, The Odyssey, sets box office records after an incredible opening-weekend haul, another film is quietly emerging as a minor blockbuster in its own right. Such has been this film’s success that a sequel is already in development, which isn’t something that even The Mandalorian & Grogu can brag about. The movie in question, a historical epic, was released over the Independence Day weekend and has not yet completed 20 days of release. It’s primarily a domestic play, and should eventually gross thrice its reported budget, given the strong holds it delivered in its second and third weekends.
This past weekend, when The Odyssey grossed $124 million and topped the domestic chart, the period epic finished seventh, with $3.5 million. It has now grossed around $41 million domestically, outperforming Supergirl, which was released a week later. The film hails from Angel Studios, the outfit specializing in faith-based projects aimed at a demographic that routinely shows up when called upon. These movies are also defined by their excellent audience reception, with last year’s The King of Kings receiving a “Verified Hot” 97% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes and a perfect A+ grade from opening-day audiences on CinemaScore.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Angel Studios’ new historical film has shown similar results. We’re talking, of course, about Young Washington, which covers the early life of the first President of the United States, George Washington, played by William Franklyn-Miller. Directed by Jon Erwin and also featuring Andy Serkis, Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Kingsley, and Kelsey Grammer, the film currently holds a 60% critics’ score and a “Verified Hot” 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “Though its muted storytelling keeps it from being the rousing epic it aspires to be, Young Washington delivers its portrait of America’s first president with earnest conviction, historical reverence, and rousing battle sequences.” The movie’s domestic haul puts it ahead of fellow 2026 releases such as Crime 101, starring Chris Hemsworth; Mercy, starring Chris Pratt; and even the other Angel Studios breakout Solo Mio, starring Kevin James. A sequel, which will track the next chapter of Washington’s life, has already been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
