Veteran Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s ambitious film ‘The Odyssey’ has finally been released in theatres. The craze there is among the audience about this film can be gauged from the fact that people had bought its tickets a year in advance. It is the magic of Nolan’s cinema that audiences on tickets booked in 2025 got a chance to watch the film in 2026. The official This shows how much craze and impatience there was for Nolan’s new film.
The theater chain said that most of the people who attended the premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ at TCL Chinese Theaters had booked their movie tickets a year in advance and got the chance to see the film in 2026.
This enthusiasm was not limited to advance booking only. In the same post, fans were seen wearing bronze ancient Greek warrior helmets with high red crests and full face visors; These helmets looked like the armor of Spartan or Trojan soldiers. These costumes reflected the mythological setting of the film and made the release a special event for the moviegoers. A social media user also shared pictures of his tickets which he had purchased a year ago.
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Inspired by Homer’s classic Greek poem, ‘The Odyssey’ is one of the biggest releases of this year. Written and directed by Nolan, the epic fantasy action film tells the story of Odysseus, who struggles to return home after the Trojan War.
Matt Damon plays Odysseus, while Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus. Robert Pattinson appears as Antinos. Anne Hathaway plays Penelope and Charlize Theron plays Calypso. The film also stars Lupita Nyong’o, Jon Bernthal, Himesh Patel, John Leguizamo, Mia Goth, Samantha Morton and Zendaya.
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advance booking in india
In India, advance booking for the film, which was scheduled to release on July 17, began more than a month in advance, on June 8. Ticket prices ranged from Rs 150 for premium seats to Rs 3,400, reflecting the large scale of the film’s release. Recliner seats at INOX Megaplex in Pune were priced at Rs 3,400. Recliner tickets were available for Rs 3,100 at PVR ICON, Phoenix Palladium in Lower Parel, Mumbai. The ticket price for PVR IMAX with Laser, located at Priya in Delhi-NCR, was Rs 2,500.
In Bengaluru, tickets at Cinepolis Nexus Shantiniketan were priced at Rs 1,950, while tickets at INOX South City Mall were priced at Rs 1,240. At some places the shows started at 8.20 am and continued till 11.55 pm.
The film is expected to take a bigger opening than Nolan’s previous release ‘Oppenheimer’, which earned Rs 131.73 crore (net) during its theatrical release in India in 2023.
India Today gave the film 4.5 stars. Part of the review read, “Imagine turning a literary work more than 3,000 years old into a modern blockbuster. It sounds almost impossible, but Nolan pulls it off with great ease. At nearly three hours long, ‘The Odyssey’ never feels like a test of patience. Each chapter of Odysseus’s long journey home unfolds like a thrilling journey, combining grandeur and emotion, mythology and humanity, And the balance between massive action and deeply personal moments is truly immersive. As soon as the film starts, you become completely lost in Nolan’s vision and never lose sight of what’s happening off screen.”
‘The Odyssey’ is the first film to be shot entirely with IMAX film cameras.
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Most of the attendees for the first #TheOdyssey #IMAX 70mm Film show bought their tickets a year ago!
Thanks to everyone who came to showing #1. pic.twitter.com/CGAqwMaieP
— TCL Chinese Theaters (@ChineseTheatres) July 16, 2026