Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Sells Out IMAX Tickets a Year Before Release—Fans Are Paying Hundreds to Watch
Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Odyssey, is already making waves—IMAX tickets for the movie are selling out a whole year before its release. Fans are so hyped that some tickets are being flipped for sky-high prices, and theaters are struggling to keep up.
– IMAX tickets for The Odyssey are selling out fast, even a year ahead of the premiere
– Resale prices on eBay range from $100 to $150
– The film stars a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and more
– The movie hits theaters on July 17, 2026, with limited IMAX screenings available
IMAX Tickets Gone in a Flash
The excitement around The Odyssey is off the charts. Despite the film still being in production, IMAX tickets have already gone on sale—and many listings on the official IMAX website are either sold out or the links don’t work. The same is happening on the British Film Institute’s site in the UK.
Tickets Flipping for Big Bucks
Because demand is so high, some fans are reselling tickets on eBay for $100 to $150 to catch screenings at places like New York City’s Lincoln Square and the Regal Georgia Theater. There’s even a poster of the film being sold for $250, showing just how much excitement surrounds this project.
Most theaters are only scheduling one IMAX 7 p.m. screening per day during opening weekend, and tickets in major cities like New York and Los Angeles sold out within minutes. Reports quickly surfaced that nearly all IMAX 70mm showings are completely sold out.
Get tickets now to experience the first IMAX 70mm screenings of #TheOdysseyMovie – A film by Christopher Nolan. In theaters 7 17 26. https://t.co/B6z1mqBRA2 pic.twitter.com/O641unm25o
— IMAX (@IMAX) July 17, 2025
Unprecedented Demand for Nolan’s Film
This kind of frenzy is unprecedented. The closest thing that happened before was with The Dark Knight Rises, which sold out midnight 70mm tickets about six months before its 2012 release. But selling tickets a whole year in advance? That’s new territory.
There’s still a chance theaters might add more IMAX showings, or the release date could shift, but with limited IMAX screens in the U.S., seeing The Odyssey on opening day exactly as Christopher Nolan intends is already looking like a rare opportunity.
The Star-Studded Cast and Release Date
The Odyssey features a huge cast: Matt Damon stars, with Tom Holland playing Telemachus, Odysseus’ son. Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal also join the epic journey.
Mark your calendars—the film is set to release on July 17, 2026. If you want to experience it on the big IMAX screen, you might want to start planning now.
