Cinema tickets for Christopher Nolan’s next epic selling for $400 one year before release
Much-anticipated is an understatement.
Tickets to see Sir Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey are already being re-sold for huge costs a whole year before the release date.
The much-hyped film, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, is set to be released in over 20 locations on July 17 to 19 and Thursday July 16 next year in Imax 70mm film; the best feature film format in the world.
Couple this high-resolution format with Nolan’s name and it being the first commercial feature film to be shot entirely on Imax film cameras – of which there are only eight in the world – and fans are going mad for The Odyssey.
Imax announced the ticket drop on Thursday, and The Hollywood Reporter report that within an hour 95% of seats were snapped up, with some appearing on resale websites for up to $400 (£297), way over their average retail price of $25 to $28 (£18.60 to £20.84).
The title, which will be shown in 16 Imax cinemas in the US, is Nolan’s follow up to the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy.
With a $250million budget, The Odyssey is the most expensive film of his career.
London’s BFI Imax is also sold out alongside many US dates, so unlucky if you had blocked out this July weekend in 2026 in the hopes of a cinema trip…
Matt Damon is starring in Christopher Nolan’s new film (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) The poster has been released, with the first trailer showing exclusively in cinemasThis comes weeks after the first trailer for The Odyssey leaked online from cinemas – where it is exclusively being shown – with fans branding it ‘life-changing’ already.
Filming is still in progress with the ‘mythic action epic’ scenes being shot at Findlater Castle in Moray, Scotland, having also been spotted in Greece and Morocco.
The star-studded cast also includes Tom Holland as Telemachus, and Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Robert Pattinson, Charlie Therzon and Mia Goth in roles yet to be confirmed.
