The Odyssey Tickets Are Being Resold for Hundreds of Dollars

Scalpers are successfully reselling tickets to The Odyssey successful 70MM IMAX for hundreds of dollars.

Tickets for The Odyssey went connected merchantability yesterday and the ticketing apps were overwhelmed. There were extended queues, crashes, and loads of aggravated fans who were incapable to get tickets. It was a full mess, and to marque matters worse, scalpers snatched up a clump of the tickets. And, implicit connected eBay, immoderate scalpers were palmy successful really selling them. One of the sold listings went for $700 and included 3 tickets to spot The Odyssey successful 70MM IMAX astatine New York's Lincoln Square theater, which is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion IMAX screens successful the United States. Some unsold listings are asking for thousands of dollars, though it wouldn't beryllium astonishing if those driblet their price.

You whitethorn beryllium asking yourself, "Why scalp tickets for a movie? Everyone should yet person a accidental to spot it successful theaters, right?" Yes and no. While determination volition apt beryllium plentifulness of showtimes for The Odyssey passim the summer, the showtimes for 70MM IMAX showings are overmuch much limited.

70MM IMAX is the mode Christopher Nolan intended the movie to beryllium seen, particularly since The Odyssey is the archetypal movie successful past to ever beryllium changeable wholly connected IMAX. The format allows for a overmuch taller image, allowing for an accrued level of immersion portion besides benefiting from higher solution and higher fidelity. Sadly, determination are lone 39 theaters showing the movie successful this format worldwide and 24 of them are successful the United States.

The bulk of theaters lone person 1 surface susceptible of showing 70MM IMAX films, arsenic the size of the surface and the outgo of the projector is excessively important to person much than 1 wrong of a azygous multiplex. So, that means determination volition lone beryllium a fistful of showings each time since it can't tally simultaneously successful different auditoriums. Given the movie is astir 3 hours long, theaters volition lone beryllium capable to amusement the movie 4 oregon 5 times a time successful this format. Of course, if you're not picky astir the format and conscionable privation to spot the movie, you tin spot it successful different formats which volition beryllium overmuch easier to get tickets to.

The Odyssey is 1 of the astir anticipated movies of the summer, arsenic it volition beryllium Christopher Nolan's archetypal movie coming disconnected of Oppenheimer, a movie that swept astatine the Oscars and the container office. While he's ever had a batch of originative freedom, Universal has supposedly fixed Nolan the powerfulness to marque the astir costly R-rated movie of all-time. The movie reportedly outgo $250 cardinal to produce, but it looks similar it volition marque that backmost with comparative ease.

Some were acrophobic that the movie's show whitethorn beryllium hindered by contention astir the film, peculiarly with regards to "historical inaccuracies" implicit dialog and armor. However, the information ticketing apps were struggling to conscionable request and radical are seemingly paying scalpers excessive amounts of wealth to spot it opening play suggests the movie won't conflict for much.

The Odyssey volition merchandise successful theaters connected July 17th.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.