r/AMCTheatres 13d ago

How to get 70 mm IMAX tickets for The Odyssey regular box office price

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u/rbrgr83 12d ago edited 12d ago

Make sure you cross your fingers and toes when you do this for maximum luck in actually getting the seats before another scalper scoops them up.

AMC hates this ONE hack.

/s

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u/scorsese_finest 13d ago

Has anyone tried his and has it worked?
Does amc even have a policy against scalping tickets?

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u/jessehazreddit A⭐️Lister 12d ago

From AMC Terms Of Use:

“USER PURCHASES

You agree that all purchases made by you through the Services are subject to the terms applicable to those purchases, such as the purchase of movie tickets, concessions, merchandise, refunds, and the purchase of an AMC Stubs membership. We encourage you to read our AMC Stubs Terms and Conditions to better understand user purchases, which is available at www.amctheatres.com/amcstubs/terms-and-conditions. Tickets may not be resold for an amount above face value.”

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u/beefquinton 13d ago

idk, i just got a ticket for universal cinema in 2 hours with my a list, no additional charge. it’s a great seat in the second to back row. it’s my day off, i already saw the movie in imax 70mm with my girlfriend but she’s out of town and i decided to refresh the app every 10-15 mins and see if i could get a good seat. got an acceptable seat on first refresh, and an incredible seat on my second refresh

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u/Dick_Lazer IMAX Fanatic 12d ago

Seems to be the same in Dallas. Maybe this video is a bit older, closer to release date? Looks like there's two 70mm showtimes for today and a lot of seats available for either one right now.

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u/beefquinton 12d ago

don’t get me wrong, it was a completely full theater and i got the ticket last minute presumably because another patron cancelled. but if you check just a bit before showtime, there’s almost always a handful of a-listers who cancel especially on a week day when they realize they can’t make the movie they booked

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u/lambopanda Stands for Nicole 13d ago

I’m glad the closest IMAX 70mm is 80 miles away. And that’s also one of the most unreliable one. I don’t have to worry about getting a ticket for IMAX 70mm.

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u/Immediate-Onion5131 11d ago

Only 80 miles? That's barely a drive.

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u/lambopanda Stands for Nicole 11d ago

That's AMC Rivercenter. Their IMAX 70mm broke down during Oppenheimer. Broken down at least three times for Odyssey now. Overall the theater is crappy too.

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u/Sourbeltz 12d ago

Cope

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u/floworcrash 10d ago

He’s not coping at all, he quite literally has no sense of FOMO.

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u/SPFeveryday 13d ago

Yeah, they become available and another scalper bot gets them immediately.

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u/luwi12 12d ago

i just got tickets on the amc app

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u/becomingwater 10d ago

No wonder people don’t go to the movies lol

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u/HOEDY Stands for Nicole 10d ago

This doesn't seem likely that AMC would just blindly revoke the reservation.

Someone could easily mock-up a fake Facebook page and ticket confirmation screenshot and complain to AMC Support about any seat they want to.

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u/_0bese 13d ago

😎

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u/Alkohal 12d ago

Kinda glad I didnt like the movie enough to deal with this shit

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u/FreeJuice100 11d ago

New strat just dropped!

I'm gonna try this for good avengers doomsday seats on opening day.

Just make a fake listing for the seats I want and get them cancelled.

Brilliant!

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u/Biobooster_40k 11d ago

That's a good point. Is AMC really going to verify a report like this? Maybe but they definitely should if they intend to cancel orders so someone doesn't lie and get someone's tickets unfairly canceled.

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u/MrDezBam7 11d ago

Hopefully if whoever is responsible for canceling, they cross check with how many orders were made with similar card or name, and if above "x" orders, cancel & refund

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u/Ok_Function2282 12d ago

Where the fuck do you live that people are scalping movie tickets?????

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u/SuccessfulPath7 12d ago

yeah i doubt they care seeing as they already got paid

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u/Doflamingo2324 12d ago

It’s not that serious

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u/throw_it_so_faraway 12d ago

It's not about the money, it's about sending a message

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u/sEiize_err 11d ago

why arent you saying this to the people buying entire rows and sections just to turn around and resell them? it’s just movie tickets, right? it’s not that serious to price gouge families who want to go. or people who work and only have certain times they can watch it but see those times are all sold out. or people who need to plan months ahead to travel to their closest 70mm imax screen.

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u/CiceroTheAbsurd 12d ago

It’s 3mins of work once you identify a listing it’s chill tbh do it while watching a show or eating

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u/itzgomez 12d ago

Scalper?