The Odyssey Breaks BFI IMAX First Day Ticket Record

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic “The Odyssey” has shattered first-day ticket sales records at London’s BFI IMAX, generating a gross of £750,000 from 28,000 tickets sold in just 24 hours. The presale frenzy, which occurred on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, underscores the immense anticipation for the film, which opens in theaters on Friday, July 17, 2026.

The new benchmark at the BFI IMAX, the largest cinema screen in the United Kingdom, comprehensively surpasses previous records. It more than doubled the first-day gross of “Dune: Part Two,” which held the previous record with £366,000, and nearly tripled the £254,000 generated by Nolan’s own “Oppenheimer” in its first 24 hours on sale. The demand caused significant technical issues, with the BFI apologizing for website problems after some users were kicked out of queues and forced to rejoin.

This latest milestone follows an earlier wave of advance sales. A year before release, premium format tickets sold in the United States generated approximately $3.4 million in 24 hours, marking the highest single-day presale total for AMC Theatres in four years and causing similar website delays and outages. In London, four opening weekend...