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topicnews · July 18, 2025

Christopher Nolans 'Odyssey' sells 70 mm a year earlier in IMAX

Christopher Nolans 'Odyssey' sells 70 mm a year earlier in IMAX


Well, it didn't take long.

A whole year before the publication of Christopher Nolan's epic The OdysseyTickets were offered for sale to see the universal event image film in the 70 mm film from Imax to see the preferred format of the filmmachers 25 or 26 locations on the weekend from July 17th to 19th and on Thursday afternoon on July 16.

IMAX officially announced the special offer in its social feed at midnight on Thursday (ET). According to the exhibition sources, 95 percent of the seats were recorded within an hour, which, despite a relatively small seating pool, withdrew around 1.5 million US dollars of $ 1.5 million. Over the course of the night and the day, there were reports of tickets for eBay and other websites for $ 300 and $ 400 compared to an average retail price of $ 25 to $ 28, according to one source.

On all information, it is the first time in history that tickets were sold a year before the opening of a film. The title is a follow-up to Nolan's Oscar winner OppenheimerWhich did enormous business in IMAX theaters.

There are about 16 IMAX locations in the USA that are now part of the offer. The weekend and preview of the preview from July 17th to 19th are already sold out on the AMC Lincoln Square 13 in New York City, the Universal Cinema AMC in the Citywalk Hollywood and the Irvine Spectrum shelf. Elsewhere in California, 77 -mm seating spaces at IMAX locations in San Francisco, Dublin and Ontario are almost gone.

Elsewhere across the country, other sold-out imax cinemas are located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Buford, Georgia; Indianapolis; Grand Rapids, Michigan; King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; and Dallas.

Top -class places in Canada where IMAX is based quickly sold out, including the Cinemas Mississauga Square and the Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan, both in Toronto.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the famous BFI IMAX is sold out by London, as is the London Science Museum IMAX Auditorium. The seats have also almost disappeared in the IMAX theater in Melbourne, Australia, and in the Czech Republic.

Imax shields itself to more than 190 million US dollars Oppenheimer'S total gross gross of $ 975.8 million or 20 percent. The Odyssey Has a net budget of 250 million US dollars, which will make it the most expensive film of Nolan's career. The unlikely blockbuster success of the nuclear energy -Energieopic Oppenheimer It has once again proven why Nolan is one of the few directors who reliably deliver an all-aughce event film, and The OdysseyThe epic scope and the A-List cast should prove to be a big draw.

In addition to Damon, the film Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Jon Bernthal, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Mia Goth.

The classic story follows the king of Ithaca when he takes a long and dangerous journey home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. His challenges are many because he meets for years on an episode of mythical beings, including the cyclops polyphema, the sirens, the sorceress circus and travels into the underworld.

The first teaser trailer for Nolan's event picture debut exclusively in the cinemas in front of Universal's Jurassic World Rebirththat opened over July fourth corridor, too much and is still a big draw.

Publishing the trailer so early is a bit unusual when you consider that The Odyssey is still filming Rebirth offered a chance that the Universal and the Nolan team could not spend, even if the teaser was leaked online. Registrations of ticket sales were also proposed when certain theater chains jumped the weapon and published it that tickets for the selected 70mm demonstrations are offered for sale on July 17th.