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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey,’ which finally came out on Friday, was dogged since its announcement, facing boycott threats from far-right haters due to its “wokeness.” And guess what? It’s a huge success 💅

The forecast $200 million opening at the global box office was exceeded. The movie made $264 million worldwide on its opening weekend, marking Nolan’s best debut since ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in 2012.

Ahead of the film’s release, the online far-right backlash mainly targeted the diverse casting choices (especially Lupita Nyong’o as Helen) and the lack of historical accuracy, accusing Nolan of desecrating the original Homeric poem.

So much of this culture war jockeying, writes WIRED contributor John Semley, exists purely online, to sustain an infrastructure of monetized outrage that is increasingly preoccupied with Western chauvinism, racism, and just plain antisocial weirdness.