The Odyssey Tickets Face Skyrocketing Resale Prices

Ticket pre-sales for director Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in IMAX and other large formats went a bit off course Thursday with apparent issues on sellers’ sites and secondary sellers asking for sky high prices.

Tickets for the film adaptation of Homer’s epic went on sale June 4th at noon and troubles seem to have begun almost immediately with the flood of would-be buyers appearing to have overwhelmed ticketing systems. Delays and malfunctions on AMC, Fandango and Regals sites were reported. Even after the problems were fixed, queues for sales reached hours-long waits, according to some reports.

Scalpers and secondary sellers have invaded the market as well. As of Thursday evening, tickets on eBay for some screenings of The Odyssey were listed for hundreds of dollars up to $1,500 for one IMAX 70mm showing.

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The Odyssey will be released July 17th. The buzz for Nolan’s adaptation has been frenetic with pre-sales for IMAX 70mm showing being snatched up by fans and selling out a year in advance . In May, Nolan made an uncommon talk show appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to unveil T he Odyssey ’s trailer . A commemorative pop-corn bucket for the film grabbed Consequence’s attention.

The Odyssey stars Matt Damon as King Odysseus, whose journey to return home to his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) after years in the Trojan War is beset by obstacles. The movie also features Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron amongst other prominent actors.

> The AMC Lincoln Square kiosks are filled with long lines as the servers are down due to everyone trying to get tickets to THE ODYSSEY pic.twitter.com/WAdQlyi1w1 — Jonathan Sim (@TheJonathanSim) June 4, 2026

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/06/the-odyssey-ticket-problems-hit-pre-sale/)._