BFI IMAX releases more tickets for The Odyssey
Additional screenings in Southwark follow the sell-out of all 173 initial 70mm sessions through September 10.
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The BFI IMAX in Southwark will release a new batch of tickets for The Odyssey at 2pm on 31 July. This follows the total sell-out of 173 scheduled IMAX 70mm screenings through 10 September, according to the cinema.
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The demand for the Christopher Nolan film has drawn spectators from Singapore, Los Angeles, and Toronto to Waterloo. The BFI IMAX is one of only three venues in the United Kingdom capable of showing the film using an IMAX 70mm print. The cinema has added early morning and late-night screenings starting from 1 September to accommodate the volume of requests.
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The film earned £198.2 million globally during its opening weekend. The BFI IMAX reported that the film surpassed previous advance booking records held by Oppenheimer and Dune: Part Two. The cinema sold 28,000 tickets during the first day of sales.
The extraordinary demand for our IMAX 70mm presentation of The Odyssey, experienced as intended by the filmmakers, is ultimate proof of the appetite audiences have for cinema at its most authentic.
Madeleine Mullett, BFI IMAX programme manager
The production is the first feature film shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. While the Science Museum IMAX and Cineworld Leicester Square IMAX also offer screenings, the BFI IMAX uses a 1.43:1 screen capable of presenting the full image. The film stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
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