Universal and Imax‘s grand experiment to put 70MM tickets on sale a year in advance for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is going quite well.
Tickets for Regal’s 70MM Imax showtimes of the pic sold out in under 12 hours per the circuit, “a rare feat that speaks to the both the film’s fan anticipation and Regal’s loyal 70MM Imax audience” read a release.
The No. 2 exhibitor is operating six of the 26 Imax locations around the globe chose to play Odyssey in 70MM. Of those that sold out for Regal per Imax’s site as the time of this report are the Irvine Spectrum, Mall of Georgia and King of Prussia in Pennsylvania.
A source close to AMC says that New York City’s Lincoln Plaza sold out in 15 minutes and Universal Citywalk in the first hour. The AMC Metreon 16 in San Francisco is the only other 70MM location for the No. 1 exhibitor.
Currently those showtimes still available in California for the Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Jon Bernthal movie are at Hollywood TCL Chinese Theatre, Regal Haciena Crossings in Dublin, Regal Edwards Ontario, Esquire Imax in Sacramento and the AMC Metreon.
Overall, only 22 locations in U.S. and Canada went on sale for Nolan’s feature take of Homer’s epic. Only 50% of those sites at the time of this report have sold out.
We’re told that exhibitors were only permitted to put one 70MM showtime on sale for the first four days of the pic’s release (Thursday, July 16th – Sunday, July 19th, 2026). Additional screenings in Imax, Imax 70MM, PLF and standard formats will be available at a later date.
