How to Buy IMAX Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ — 365 Days in Advance

The director‘s first film since "Oppenheimer" will be released July 17, 2026.

It won’t have to be an Odyssean trek to the theaters for Christopher Nolan fans to snag IMAX tickets to his next film, “The Odyssey.” Two years after Nolan’s Best Picture winner “Oppenheimer” left audiences scrambling for IMAX seats in theaters, tickets for “The Odyssey” will go on sale on July 17, 2025, exactly one year before the film is released. (“The Odyssey” will be released on July 17, 2026, thanks to Universal.)

Advance tickets will only be available at movie theaters with 70mm IMAX screens and only for select showtimes. As we all remember, “Oppenheimer” in 70mm IMAX was a rarity in certain areas with fans traveling across state lines to go to a screening. And that dedication panned out: “Oppenheimer” earned $975 million at the global box office in 2023, with 20 percent of the grosses due to the IMAX tickets.

Keep in mind, though, that a trailer for “The Odyssey” hasn’t even been released yet from Universal… despite those online leaks of the teaser playing before “Superman” and “Jurassic World: Rebirth” in theaters. Eagle-eyed fans suspect the trailer will be publicly shared on July 17 to coincide with the IMAX tickets going on sale.

“The Odyssey” will be the first movie ever shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Tom Holland leads the film as Telemachus, who goes searching for his lost father: Odysseus himself, played by Matt Damon. Damon’s “Oppenheimer” co-star Benny Safdie also appears, along with Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, and John Leguizamo.

The feature is a reimagining of the iconic Greek epic about hero Odysseus who spends a decade trying to return home after fighting in the Trojan War. Homer’s “Odyssey” is believed to have been compiled around the 8th century B.C.E.

“The Odyssey” was announced in December 2024 as Nolan’s thirteenth feature. “Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” Universal shared in a post on X announcing the film in December. “The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.”

The year-in-advance tickets trend isn’t just limited to IMAX: Angel Studios’ George Washington biopic “Young Washington,” which will be released July 4, 2026, hasn’t even started filming yet and fans can still purchase tickets for opening day. “House of David” creator and “Jesus Revolution” director Jon Erwin is helming the faith-based film, which is set to debut on America’s 250th birthday.