{"id":819403,"date":"2026-07-22T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819403\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:13:09","slug":"the-odyssey-imax-70mm-showtimes-will-there-be-more-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819403\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Odyssey’ Imax 70mm Showtimes: Will There Be More Tickets?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA new group of tickets for Imax<\/a> 70mm screenings of \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d was released this week, with many of the new screenings selling out within hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn New York and Los Angeles, there are no Imax 70mm tickets available through Aug. 19, a sign of the frenzy to see Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s epic in the premium large format. And in London, Imax 70mm screenings are sold out through Sept. 10, nearly two months after the film\u2019s release. More screenings in Imax 70mm will be added to keep up with the intense demand. But the question is: how long can \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d hold onto those coveted screens, which only exist in 25 theaters in the U.S. and 41 globally?<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next Imax releases include the Aug. 14 sci-fi survival flick \u201cThe End of Oak Street\u201d (which also stars Anne Hathaway) and Zach Cregger\u2019s take on \u201cResident Evil,\u201d which comes out Sept. 18. While those titles, each filmed for Imax, will premiere in the premium format, that doesn\u2019t mean \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d will have to vacate Imax screens entirely.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn Imax spokesperson tells Variety the company\u2019s next Imax 70mm commitment is to \u201cDune: Part Three.\u201d That means it is not contractually obligated to give up those screens until the Denis Villeneuve film premieres in December. That said, the spokesperson indicated it is highly unlikely \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d will play in Imax 70mm through that month, adding that it will likely return in the format multiple times until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tA similar craze<\/a> happened in 2023 with Nolan\u2019s last film, \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d Imax extended the movie\u2019s run in 70mm twice due to demand, but eventually, on Sept 1., exhibitors had to cede the screens to Denzel Washington\u2019s \u201cThe Equalizer 3.\u201d In February 2024, before the Oscars, \u201cOppenheimer\u201d once again returned in Imax 70mm. \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d which is also generating awards buzz, will surely take a similar path, but it has a much longer runway with Imax 70mm than \u201cOppenheimer\u201d did.<\/p>\n

\n\tTickets to select showings of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d first went on sale a year before the film opened on July 17. Still, demand for the blockbuster adaptation of Homer\u2019s epic poem has exceeded expectations. The film earned $123.5 million domestically in its opening weekend, the third best stateside debut of the year, and it grossed $263.8 million globally to become the top launch of Nolan\u2019s career. Imax over-indexed, with the company\u2019s screens delivering a record-breaking $51.8 million. It helped that Nolan has been a major advocate of Imax, praising the format as the optimal way to see his movies. \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d is the first film shot entirely with Imax cameras.<\/p>\n

\n\tTheaters have struggled to meet the demand for Imax screens, adding 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. showings, for instance. Fans have traveled across state lines<\/a> to see the film in Imax 70mm, with tickets being upsold by scalpers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d has received nearly unanimous critical praise, with Nolan setting his sights on another big year at the Oscars following his dominant year with \u201cOppenheimer\u201d in 2024. Universal Pictures released the R-rated \u201cOdyssey,\u201d which runs nearly three hours and cost a hefty $250 million to produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new group of tickets for Imax 70mm screenings of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d was released this week, with many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,101938,75,18268,29185],"class_list":["post-819403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-entertainment","tag-imax","tag-the-odyssey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}