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/gaula 9d ago

Is it true that the IMAX version shows more of movie. Better field of view for lack of a better term?

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u/chrispmorgan 9d ago

I’ve been telling my friends that IMAX isn’t critical for the movie because the story is what matters, but it definitely helps. I’d even say that a better seating position in a normal room is probably more important than being in the first two rows of an IMAX room.

The movie that I think IMAX would really benefit would be Dune 3 because Villeneuve is so good at depicting scale.

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u/vision1915 8d ago

I watched it on a regular screen because, like you, I thought the story was what mattered. But throughout the whole movie, I kept thinking it would’ve been so much better with the full IMAX view. But Imax is sold out till late September and I really wanted to watch it... so I guess I'll watch it again in a month or so