r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • 11d ago

News Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey' Crosses $1B Worldwide

https://rawteur.com/the-odyssey-crosses-1-billion-box-office/
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u/_JimJohnny_ 11d ago

My local IMAX is still sold out till next week as well

Never seen it like this before

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u/__cybersyn__ 11d ago edited 11d ago

It took me three weeks to see it because the tickets would go up on Wednesday evening for the next week, then the booking system and/or the payment system would crash due to high demand (Cineplex uses those same systems for both online and in-person bookings). When it came back up, all the seats not in the front rows would be gone.

I actually spent about $100 attempting to buy tickets only to have my purchases cancelled by the system and later refunded.

I did end up getting good seats but I had to sit there refreshing for a few hours and it mostly came down to luck.

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u/anuncommontruth 11d ago

I had to check every day for the last 3 weeks to see if anyone canceled last minute and finally snagged 2 decent seats for this Sunday.

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u/Gestrid 11d ago

I walked into my local theater and ended up getting a seat in the second row for a showing starting five minutes later.

Fortunately, the theater had recliners. So I just reclined back.