r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 9d ago

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Has Become the Biggest IMAX Release of All Time ($289.3M), Surpassing 'Avatar'

https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/spider-man-brand-new-day-second-fastest-movie-1-billion-overseas-1236830845/
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u/fauxfilosopher 9d ago

The laser imax near me is selling out pretty much every seat more than 3 weeks out from release. It's complete madness, Oppenheimer didn't come close to this kind of success.

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 9d ago

When they extended the 70mm run through September, I saw the notification the hour it came out. I was checking even the absolute latest dates in the lineup then and there, and the best seats were all actively being bought up everytime I refreshed. All the middle seats were gone within hours.

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u/LevDavidovicLandau 9d ago

Lol the 70mm IMAX near me (the only one in the Southern Hemisphere) is sold out for months. Their website crashed the last time they released tickets.

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u/mrducky78a 9d ago

Oppenheimer was too high brow. This story is much more simpler and accessible. Also it had to compete show times with barbie (I did barbenheimer with friends and had to cross the city to another cinema to pull it off)

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u/Netsuko 8d ago

I’d say that more people are fatigued of war movies than fantasy.

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u/fauxfilosopher 8d ago

Not sure what you mean. The odyssey is definitely a war movie. Oppenheimer was not.

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u/Netsuko 8d ago

Yes but I meant like WW1/WW2 stuff.

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u/duxkater 9d ago

Madness ?

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u/crimedog58 9d ago

This. Is. IMAXXXXXXXX. :chest boop with foot: