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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Minions & Monsters opens with amazing BOX OFFICE (July 1 opening, still in theaters)

now July 9 total stands at

$77,171,185


July 1 - 7 total

announced at BOX OFFICE MOJO dot-com


$67,757,130 

# theaters = 4,243


first Day July 1

throught Sun. July 5, 2026

$51.4 million

on 

4,243 screens

Four Flags Historic HOTEL, downtown Niles, MI 49120 Main Street between 4th and 5th

 100 years old since it opening on

July 6, 1926

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among noted guests were

Knute Rockne,

Fighting Irish players,

visiting opponent FB Teams,

Eleanor Roosevelt,

Truman Capote,

Fred Green (politician who

was thereafter elected Gov. Michigan),

online article heraldpalladium.com/

Quarterfinals July 9, 10, 11 (Today at 4 p.m., Friday, Saturday) FIFA World Cup Men's Soccer

 France v. Morocco

at Foxborough  MASSACHUSETTS

Thursday 7/9 at 4 p.m.

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Spain v. Belgium

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two matches on 7/11

Norway v. England

Argentina v. Switzerland

The Odyssey premiere July 17 (Directed and Produced by Christopher Nolan) - Matt Damon plays Odysseus who left 20 years before to fight in TROJAN WAR

Eight days from now

July 17, 2026 is

the global release

date for Director

Christopher Nolan's

The Odyssey

blockbuster - epic;

the film's coordinated

release in I-Max theaters.

based on Homer's Odyssey

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playing Odysseus' son

TELEMACHUS is now-30-yr.-old

Tom Holland (most recent Spider-Man);

early comments from 

those seeing Preview footage

CAST Sounds "American"

in English language -- one

example, "Let's Go!"

What location served as "Troy" for Christopher Nolan's _The Odyssey_ (2026)?

 Morocco

[ a set of +110,000 square feet

/ 2.5 acres was built ]

accomodating 2,500 extras and 

+60 structures;

each of the 3 "Trojan Horses"

used in the blockbuster were

approx. 35 feet tall

The Temple of Athena

largest on the Troy set was

almost 49 x 86 x 37 feet . . .

Where are the Hades Underworld scenes shot in I MAX for Christopher Nolan's _The Odyssey_ (2026)?

 Iceland

Who plays "Argus" in the Christopher Nolan blockbuster _THE ODYSSEY_ ?

 a Portuguese Podengo

an ancient dog breed of which there are only 

75 in the entire known world