\n\tOdysseus has stolen Luke Skywalker\u2019s crown.<\/p>\n
\n\tChristopher Nolan\u2019s big-screen epic \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d has beaten \u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d to take first place as the highest-ever three-day gross at the BFI<\/a> Imax<\/a> theater in central London, clocking in at \u00a3219,867 ($300,000).<\/p>\n \n\tThe BFI Imax holds only one screen, which at 20 metres (65 feet) tall and 26 metres (85 feet) wide is the largest in the U.K. It has a 493-seat capacity and is one of only three Imax cinemas in the U.K. with the capability of showing the film in Imax 70mm, as Nolan intended.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cStar Wars: The Last Jedi\u201d previously held the theater\u2019s record with a three-day opening weekend gross of \u00a3216,454 followed by Nolan\u2019s 2023 hit \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d which had a three-day opening weekend gross of \u00a3207,677.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d which has already been breaking numerous records, also shattered the theater\u2019s single-day pre-sale record, selling 28,000 tickets in 24 hours a full year in advance, amounting to a \u00a3750,000 in gross revenue. That surpassed the pre-sale record for \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d which took \u00a3366,000 and \u00a3254,000 respectively in their first 24 hours on sale.<\/p>\n \n\tSo far, the BFI Imax has sold more than 82,000 admissions resulting in 173 consecutive sold-out Imax 70mm screenings over eight weeks for a total gross of \u00a32,169,882, making it the theater\u2019s third highest grossing film ever so far. The theater has reported fans travelling from as far as Singapore, L.A. and Toronto to see the movie.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAcross the BFI, our commitment to preserving and celebrating celluloid, alongside the filmmakers who continue to champion this format, speaks to the enduring power of storytelling and the unique communal experience of seeing film on film,\u201d said BFI Imax programme manager Madeleine Mullett. \u201cThe extraordinary demand for our Imax 70mm presentation of \u2018The Odyssey,\u2019 experienced as intended by the filmmakers, is ultimate proof of the appetite audiences have for cinema at its most authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odysseus has stolen Luke Skywalker\u2019s crown. Christopher Nolan\u2019s big-screen epic \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d has beaten \u201cStar Wars: The Last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[98655,146,85,21040,46,397,64098],"class_list":["post-551033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bfi","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-imax","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-the-odyssey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}