Screening instances for normal digital showings are forthcoming, but when the response to 70mm pre-sales is any indication, the movie shall be a blockbuster. 

“Christopher Nolan making The Odyssey an immersive experience by making us wait an entire year after buying our tickets like we are Odysseus spending 10 years trying to find his son,” stated @JillianChili on X.

Despite sold-out advance ticket gross sales, Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, remains to be in manufacturing.

The movie stars Matt Damon as Odysseus and Tom Holland as Odysseus’s son, Telemachus. The star-studded solid additionally consists of Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Cherlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal.

Ticket pre-sales for The Odyssey had been accompanied by the discharge of a minute-long trailer that performed forward of screenings for Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman.

Nolan most popular to maintain the teaser off the web to be able to protect the cinematic expertise of his new movie. 

Variety reported that it’s uncommon to “put tickets on sale so far in advance.” But they added that anticipation is excessive for Nolan’s newest cinematic masterpiece. Tickets for normal digital and different IMAX codecs of The Odyssey shall be obtainable on-line on Fandango.

But you’ll have to attend till “much closer to the film’s release date.” Tickets to the 70mm screenings have already been scooped up, however possibly you should buy one off somebody… 

Reddit customers can’t imagine it’s already bought out and fear the advertising and marketing technique will grow to be a pattern.

Reddit customers chatting about The Odyssey pre-sales on r/boxoffice had been shocked that tickets bought out regardless of the movie’s future launch date.

“Pre-sales before the trailer. Insane,” wrote u/Exotic-Bobcat-1565, u/ZerksNAHTayan replied, “Sold out too, Nolan’s a phenom.”

“IT’S ALREADY SOLD OUT AND IT DOESN’T EVEN COME OUT IN A YEAR?”

“Kind of hope that this doesn’t catch on too much. Next they’ll be offering pre-booking for Thor 6 in 2029.”

People on X are joking that “Christopher Nolan unknowingly creating a black market for movie tickets.”  

@jakemorell requested, “@fandango first time you guys choose to allow ‘select up to 20 seats’ and it’s for one of the most hyped up movie showings ever?”

@SwitchSATX replied, “Sorry but they do this all the time, I’m sure they didn’t think people would actually try to scalp movie ticket seats.”

Sorry however they do that on a regular basis, I’m certain they didn’t suppose folks would truly attempt to scalp film ticket seats pic.twitter.com/KB1nMW2IyE

— Isaac Clarke (@SwitchSATX) July 17, 2025

@jakemorell responded, “Right… because no one has ever scalped tickets before in the past… not even Nolan films… for $150+…”

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