‘The Odyssey’ Craze Continues as New BFI Imax Screenings Sell Out in Under 30 Minutes (EXCLUSIVE)

By Alex Ritman

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London’s BFI Imax cinema — the biggest Imax screen in the U.K. — is experiencing its very own Odyssey.

On Friday, due to unprecedented demand to see Chris Nolan’s already record-breaking “The Odyssey,” on Imax 70mm, as the director intended, the BFI Imax released another batch of tickets.

However, seemingly only those with the gods on their side got lucky. Within minutes of going on sale at 2 p.m. local time, there were reports of them having already sold out, with stories appearing online about “40,000 people” being in a virtual queue. The BFI later told Variety that all tickets had gone “in under 30 minutes.”

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