The Odyssey ticket rush briefly crashes AMC app as IMAX demand soars

moviesJun 4, 2026421,329

Tickets for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went on sale June 4, and overwhelming demand for IMAX and 70mm screenings overloaded AMC's app, creating long online queues and error messages. IMAX unveiled a collectible popcorn bucket modeled on an IMAX camera, boosting interest in premium-format showings. The advance-ticket rush concentrated on IMAX 70mm and other large-format presentations, with select screenings slated for July 17, 2026 in Kodak 35mm. The scramble matters because it signals major box-office anticipation for Nolan's R-rated, big-budget epic and shows how premium projection formats and collectibles can strain ticketing systems.

DiscussingFilm

@discussingfilm.net

The first popcorn bucket for ‘THE ODYSSEY’ is an IMAX camera.

5125d ago

Steve Bryce Games42

So... nothing to do with the actual movie then?

Sam Garden19

This is the most Nolan-coded popcorn bucket I’ve ever seen

Jared Saxon7

All this talk of popcorn buckets because of Dune Part 2.

Kevo5

I think it would be dope for a movie about movies but for this one that just comes off as supremely pretentious.

Austin2

That doesn’t even make sense! There’s no IMAX camera in Homer’s “The Odyssey.”

sixsilverthings2

should have been a helmet

Slaughterpuff2

... Oooookay? Why? That has nothing to do with the movie?

Dingus Ex Machina2

Does it work? At anything besides holding popcorn more or less as well as a 30 gallon paper tub?

Culture Crave 🍿

@culturecrave.co

Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is officially Rated-R ⚔️ • Production budget is $250M • One of the most expensive Rated-R films ever

2385d ago

Ryan7

It’s not historically accurate. The original odyssey was rated bce…

zesty presents the odyssey2

looking forward to it 🍿

PT Klein

@ptklein.com

I have been informed that the novelty popcorn bucket for The Odyssey is an IMAX camera and I cannot express how much I need this

A novelty popcorn bucket in the shape of an IMAX camera branded for Chris Nolan’s The Odyssey, in theaters everywhere this summer.

1805d ago

PT Klein25

The movies are back, baby!!

adrian.12

can’t wait to see that one fella get down and dirty with the IMAX bucket tbh 😌

Chris Fredda 🩷💜💙2

I’m surprised Nolan didn’t insist on it being a functioning camera.

Rose Dewitt Bukater’s Big Fucking Hat2

Shouldn’t it have been like a trireme or something? The odyssey happened a good 6,000 years before the advent of the IMAX camera

Will B2

It’s available in the imax online store per the email I got today. (Which admittedly is less fun than getting it at theaters but)

Rocco Botte

@roccobotte.bsky.social

THE ODYSSEY IMAX 70MM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS (SEVERAL FEET FROM WHERE THE MOVIE WAS SHOT) TICKETS SECURED

485d ago

Alison Herman

@aherman2006.bsky.social

me after securing tickets for christopher nolan's the odyssey (2026)

365d ago

George Hahn

@georgehahn.com

Did presale for The Odyssey just crash the AMC app?

385d ago

@jjdotbiz.bsky.social

Oh you already bought your tickets to see The Odyssey on 70mm? And you waited in a virtual queue for an hour? Eh I'll probably just see it the way I normally see a movie: walking in during the second half and then staying for the first half of the next showing at the Pathé near the factory I work at

305d ago

Bob Gurnett

@bobgurnett.com

The woke Odyssey movie has gone SO broke that every theater's website has crashed from people trying to buy tickets. Take that wokesters.

215d ago

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️

@eclectichutch.bsky.social

#ICYMI SIFF is bringing back 70mm screenings for the opening of Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY with hopes that it can lead to more such screenings in the future. Tickets are on sale at their website as of now, so all you form freaks & history buffs better hurry to go get those before they're gone 📽️

145d ago

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️4

Update: have been told from a source that the technical issues have been fixed and tickets are still available, so go go go to get them while you still can!

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️4

You can do so here, but let me know if you're able to successfully do so as it seems some folks are having difficulties 📽️ www.siff.net/cinema/in-th...

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️3

Update: have heard from SIFF that their team is working on resolving the technical issues people are having in trying to buy tickets for their 70mm screenings. In other words, if you're in line for Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY, stay in line! 📽️

SIFF

@siffnews.bsky.social

Thanks for weathering the storm of technical difficulties with us. ♥️ Tickets are on sale NOW to see THE ODYSSEY in 70mm. Get ready to immerse yourself in the epic retelling of one of history’s greatest adventures. 🌊🏹 Opens Thu 7/16 @ SIFF Downtown: siff.info/odyssey-bs

125d ago

Music Box Theatre

@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

Prepare yourself. Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY is coming to the Music Box, presented in 70mm! Opening July 17th (Early screenings on July 16th). Tickets are now on sale for MUSIC BOX MEMBERS. General Tickets go on sale this Saturday at Noon. Info: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

135d ago

Alex Zalben

@azalben.bsky.social

If you try to buy tickets online to The Odyssey, you end up going to eight other ticketing sites first.

135d ago

xChillphil

@xchillphil.bsky.social

Navigated through a painful hour of AMC, Fandango, and the imax discord crashing but finally secured THE ODYSSEY tickets in IMAX 70MM next month. Beyond excited!

145d ago