Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” tops $727 M worldwide box office

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What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

• [○ 1 SOURCE] Power argues that the Soviet invasion, not the atomic bombings, forced Japan's surrender. (Argument presented in article 2.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Wilson's translation sold over one million copies and reached No. 3 on Amazon and No. 11 at Barnes & Noble after the film's release. (Sales figures in article 3.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Jonathan Power republished commentary linking Nolan's 'The Odyssey' and 'Oppenheimer' to debates over historical accuracy of the atomic bombings. (Article 2 description.)
• [● 2 SOURCES] Christopher Nolan's film 'The Odyssey' earned over $725 million globally. (Box office data cited in articles 1 and 3.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of 'The Odyssey' saw year‑over‑year sales increase over 600% in the US, UK and Canada after the film's release. (Sales figures reported in article 1.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Christopher Nolan cited Emily Wilson's translation line 'Tell me about a complicated man' as inspiration for his film. (Quoted in article 3.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Daily global sales of Wilson's translation rose nearly sixfold during the week of the film's premiere and averaged about 20 times higher in the nine days after release. (Sales data in article 1.)
• [● 2 SOURCES] Joyce Carol Oates called Emily Wilson's review of the film 'crude' and 'haughty'. (Statements quoted by Oates in articles 1 and 3.)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Only 41 theaters worldwide – 25 in the United States – can show the film in its intended 70 mm IMAX format, causing limited access and high resale prices. (87b9c446-2783-4dfa-84f6-48e0798c5b3f)
• [● 4 SOURCES] Joyce Carol Oates described Emily Wilson's review as “crude” and “haughty” on X. (f7f094c9-c822-4ce6-9734-9288c29321b3)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Ubisoft reported that active users of Assassin's Creed Odyssey nearly doubled, with Xbox daily active users up 134 % after the film's release. (d493b554-e844-454b-84e6-11721744cffe)
• [○ 1 SOURCE] Audible purchases of Wilson's translation were up more than 600 % year‑over‑year in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. (1fb2582f-8db7-4865-ba0b-751f0d93c612)