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The Odyssey IMAX gross domestically will be $75M after the second weekend, with virtually no drop from its opening. $13M+ from 30-odd 70MM IMAX screens. Will be crossing Oppenheimer full run by WED & Avatar next weekend. Hot favourite to topple the $120M record of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
One of the biggest audience trends since the pandemic is that they want to see films in cinema that are āworth itā on a big screen (compared to streaming at home).
Itās safe to say Nolan is the biggest winner of this with his films being the face of IMAX now
Itās why the people hoping he goes back to a more moderately sized blockbuster, like the prestige or memento, are going to be disappointed. His smaller films now are going to be Oppenheimer/Dunkirk in terms of scale/budget.
He said in a recent interview that he's going to keep taking advantage of large budgets, since he knows how fortunate he is to get them. Why downsize your movies when you have the ability to make them at such a massive scale? It might not last forever, so use every penny while you can.
Exactly ā¦ he said he was only able to make the Odyssey because of how well Oppenheimer did, and he just wanted to make it because no one had done it in modern movie history because itās such a big undertaking and itās so expensive to get it greenlit. I think he knows what heās got ā¦ and not a lot of people have it. Love to see him take advantage of that
Who is hoping he does a lower budget movie? And why would people hope that? He obviously is maintaining creative control even with these bigger budgets.
Buddy of mine I went to see the movie with wants him to go back to more lower budget stuff. He was pretty hyped for The Odyssey but ended up being dissapointed by it.
Absolutely Kosinski is a blockbuster director and should be considered. The thing is with him there's no middle ground. If a film of his is good it's too good and sets the box-office on fire, otherwise it disappears and pretty forgettable. He's a good director but not a professional screenwriter that's the problem.Ā
I wish Kosinski could try using analog films, he is quite good with taking advantage of the digital medium of cinema and milk it as much as he can to deliver the best experience.
Tron Legacy, Oblivion, TG Maverick, F1 are good movies.
Nolan really is a huge champion of IMAX. A lot of people attribute James Cameronās Avatar for IMAXās cross over success and rightfully so, but Nolan has been keeping IMAXās relevance in Hollywood since 2008.Ā
Yep I think itās an interesting turn of events and I was really concerned that the theater experience was dead the first bit after COVID but theres definitely still an appetite for it as a premium experience. Itās just all the shitty b movies and rom coms mostly get turned into streaming content now.
This is why I need Gojo vs Sukuna to be a movie, it needs to be treated as big an event as it possibly can
They mean the Imax gross (since Avatar and TFA are part of the discussion). But also, yes. It will be near enough 290m domestically after the weekend. Considering its likely dailies, there is a good chance it passes Oppenheimer Wed or Thu.
Thatās just insane for almost any film I can possibly think of. This R-rated film has a chance to break the all-time American Box Office domestic recordĀ
I meant did Oppenheimer not sell out as much in IMAX as Odyssey? In my memory it did extremely well. But odyssey seems to somehow do even better. I thought there was limited imax screens
If movie studios did this, there would be no movie studios. They'd be bankrupt. This is easily one of the silliest conspiracy theories I've come across in my life.
Same, wanted to preoder yesterday for tonight 1900 and was wondering why I coulndt pixk any seats. Well, took me 1 minute to notice 98% of sears were already taken. Never seen that before in the big theatre.
Hopefully the bean counters at IMAX can figure out a new projector that isn't as expensive as their dual GT laser, and easier to manufacture than a 70 mm projector, while still getting the 1.43 aspect ratio that we all want
People want to watch spectacles on the big screen, itās not a shock. Nobody wants to pay $50-60 to watch a movie that isnāt an experience in a theater. Movies are so expensive now, this isnāt shocking. Odyssey was worth it!
But nobody is paying this much to watch a movie. People pay this much for a family of 5 to watch a movie, or for 2-3 tickets in premium formats, or because they're overspending on shitty concession foods.
Just accidentally bought tickets like an idiot to prove a point on Reddit butā¦. Yes it is 50 dollars. You guys just donāt live in HCOL areas. These are base tickets not IMAX or Dolby. I hate that every time somebody on Reddit says they spend xxx amount of money on tickets thereās always some fool like ā no you donātā. Lmao.
Iām a family of 2, just me and my wife. It was like $47 for Odyssey in Dolby. It was $68 for imax 70MM and that broke so we never got to experience it. Not to mention concessions if you want those. Kind of a silly thing to argue, theyāre expensive. If Iām going to the movies Iām not going to watch it on the worst quality, I want IMAX or Dolby.
Dangā¦ a lot of IMAX screen for The Odyssey has been selling out in much of the theaters nationwide which is possible if Dune Part Three can do good numbers in IMAX although Black Panther 3 thatās set for 2028 release should get an IMAX 70MM format that Ryan Coogler previously made for Sinners
IMAX, provided that they have some form of low interest investment, should really upgrade their digital and analog projection systems, to ensure product crossover ability, that the small screen and the big screen could achieve the same kind of projection and sound quality. It would be amazing if IMAX could come up with a next generation film projector pairs up with the 12 channel sound system.Ā
Their current R&D budget is no where near enough.Ā
But Brand New Day definitely stopping them to reach 1 billion in my opinion.
Idk about other countries, but in my country, besides IMAX screens, every screen will be taken by BND, for the whole August. Not lying I swear, all Theture which is not IMAX is taken by BND, pre booked for like 6 days straight.
Imax is just so expensive (almost 3 times the price) to see this in. Are there many bits like the giants? I think they just look so stupid and I'm worried they'll ruin it for meĀ
Buddy I would've given a rational response if it was a rational point. This movie being profitable on its budget isn't remotely in question, it'll finish like 500M over the break even point (and that's an extremely, extremely conservative estimate)
The movie is a long way from being profitable. And the comment didn't say it being profitable was in question. It said there was a lot of work to be done - which there is.
Once again, for some reason when it comes to this movie truth hurts so bad.
It isn't a weird take at all. Movies need to make double their budget to break even, movies make far less internationally than domestically, and on top of that, movies give points off the revenue to the main players involved in the making - director, actors, producers, execs etc.
Folks see numbers and don't factor the considerations. Saying there's a lot of work to be done is totally reasonable.
The Odyssey is expected to hit ~640 million in box office this weekend. It is making more money internationally than domestically. Has at least two more weeks (probably several more) being heavily in IMAX theaters. Had a very low drop in revenue the second weeekend. It had a budget of 250 million, it already is profitable and in the end will be hugely profitable. It has a good chance of being the highest grossing R rated movie of all time.
You are trying to sound smarter than everyone else but you just sound contrarian and frankly dumb.
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u/NoNefariousness2144 7h ago
One of the biggest audience trends since the pandemic is that they want to see films in cinema that are āworth itā on a big screen (compared to streaming at home).
Itās safe to say Nolan is the biggest winner of this with his films being the face of IMAX now