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Trailing Spidey by some distance was Christopher Nolan's epic "The Odyssey" which brought in $23.2 million domestically for Universal in its fifth weekend on screen.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Many of India’s youth face similar epic odds in trying to find good jobs, a challenge that is becoming a growing political and economic problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The first Game of Thrones stage spin-off has been launched by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the verdict from most theatre critics is that it's a worthy addition to the epic fantasy franchise.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

The epic whining heard across MLB over the Tarik Skubal acquisition is evidence Andrew Friedman and Dodgers management are a masterclass in demonstrating creative leadership to cultivate a winning ballclub.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

“No...well, yeah. But that’s not what I’m talking about. My mom promised me an epic birthday party if I got straight A’s. I told you that.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Damon has explained the decline of mid-sized movies and outsized epics in other venues.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

The network had long built its identity on adult prestige — crime sagas, antiheroes and sprawling family epics — not stories centered on high schoolers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The play will be "a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen", and will reach the stage in early 2027, the announcement said.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

The novelist would later win the Nobel Prize, but he was already famous for his classic Southern epics like The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein