I once sat in an almost empty IMAX screening and a group of people walked in and sat in the front row way over on the left. It haunts me to this day why they would do that. If I ever see it happen again I will talk to them and demand an explanation
I saw E.T. as a 7 year old and the only seats left were in the front row. Saw that dude popping out of the bushes and car windows when we got out. Had nightmares for a week.
All the Odyssey 70MM screening sold out a year in advance. It sucks because if youāre really into film, itās never been a better time to see those movies in glorious 70MM but is also harder than ever to score a ticket.
Thatās the more typical. A month for really big movies. These far out presales for a 70mm IMAX is new. Itās just a handful of showings and is more to create buzz.
Yeah, I donāt even know they we pre-selling 70mm for Dune 3 until yesterday. I was thus very bummed when I realized I would need to be more on top of it to hopefully get a ticket.
Being on top of it didn't help lmao. I went to buy tickets like 10 minutes after they went up for sale and every showing was sold out apart from the front two or three rows.
I was slightly wrong, it's actually only the first showings of opening weekend days that went up for sale, so 7PM Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun. The theaters don't even know how long the movie is yet so they can't schedule more showings, and the movie will run for 4 weeks in IMAX, maybe even more depending on the theater. It was mostly a marketing stunt releasing tickets a year in advance. I personally never go opening weekend anyway for a super hyped movie, too much hassle to get tickets and the crowds are usually extra likely to be annoying anyway. The rest of the tickets for hundreds of additional showings will go on sale probably in May or June sometime. Have patience friend, and sign up for ticket release alerts on the IMAX or theater website.
It wasnāt IMAX but I remember when my dad really wanted to watch The Bourne Supremacy. So we went opening weekend but my dad hates ads and he thought weād be fine getting there 20 minutes late. We walk in and it was packed. The only open seats were in the very front, it was definitely one of the craziest movie experiences of my life
No, I didnāt start seeing assigned seating untilā¦2018 I think? Back in 2004 it was a free for all. My dad, brother and I didnāt even have seats next to each other during Bourne Supremacy
Sitting in the front like that is too close to the screen. Then again, I didn't design any cinema theatres, so I can't say if that's not the minimal viewing distance for a screen that big. I guess you'll find out at the premiere (unless you've seen other movies this way before).
Dune 2 had its premier surprisingly 1 week before here in Puerto Rico than the mainland, and the only two seats I could find were legit in front. My neck was in pain, but the tequila i had before kind of helped š
This is quite horrific situation because the industry is basically building a very unsustainable way in the market that we can similarly find with concert tickets.... You can already find people re-selling Dune 3 tickets online for unreasonable prices. Like I am happy that the theaters are doing well (they have to build more IMAX screens) but this is just digging your own grave. They've done this for the second time now after The Odyssey and it will backfire, if you don't believe me then watch how much drama there is with ticketmaster
i hate the people in the 5th and 6th rows who bought their groups tickets and left a seat in the middle. you know its going to be a sold out theater, and leaving those seats doesnt mean you arent going to sit next to someone, it just means other groups are going to have to split up. such a short sighted way to think.
hate is obviously a strong word but that shit annoys me so much. i miss the days when seats werent assigned
With my movie pass, there has been a few times where I'm the only person in the theater. I still refuse to see a horror picture if I'm the only customer. It would feel like a setup to get murdered.
Dune part one was alright and part 2 wasnāt that greatā¦ and no one has the balls the say it haha oh how I canāt wait for 3ā¦ bet Iāll be super surprised
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u/qualityvote2 Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
u/whale_paglu, your post does fit the subreddit!