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Indiana State Museum Opens IMAX Ticket Sales for Nolan's 'The Odyssey' 1 Year in Advance
NORTH AMERICA, JUL 17 – Tickets for The Odyssey's limited IMAX 70mm showings sold out within minutes, generating $1.5 million in sales and marking the earliest ticket release in IMAX history.
- Christopher Nolan's film "The Odyssey," an adaptation of Homer's epic poem, is scheduled to hit theaters on July 17, 2026, with tickets on sale a year in advance.
- Nolan announced this project in December 2024, emphasizing it will be the first film shot entirely with new IMAX film technology to deliver a unique cinematic experience.
- The story follows Odysseus' ten-year return home after the Trojan War, with Matt Damon starring as Odysseus and Tom Holland and others confirmed in pivotal roles.
- Tickets for IMAX 70mm showings went on sale July 17, 2025, with 22 U.S. and Canadian locations releasing limited showtimes; many theaters sold out rapidly, some tickets reselling for over $100.
- This early and strong demand indicates sustained fan anticipation, reflecting Nolan's commitment to IMAX as a premium format despite fewer people attending theaters amid the streaming age.
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The IMAX cinemas, a format in which his adaptation of Homer’s work has been filmed, have put on sale the first tickets that now reach $400 ‘Porco Rosso’ back in the halls to teach us how to fight fascism. There are few directors whose name is the main claim of a film. When people see their surname in a poster act as a magnet, as a promotional effect as normally happens with actors and actresses. Undoubtedly one of them is Christopher Nolan. The …
The high-budget film adaptation of Homer's epic hasn't even been completed and doesn't have an official running time, but Christopher Nolan's biggest fans - and some resellers - already have tickets for the first screenings of The Odyssey (2026).
It has been enormously popular to buy tickets for 'The Odyssey', which is being shown in a special format.
The Odyssey sets new record, Christopher Nolan's epic sells out a year in advance
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey tickets for IMAX 70mm screenings sold out within an hour, a year before release. This unprecedented demand highlights the film’s epic scale and Nolan’s strong box office pull.
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