How to score IMAX 70mm tickets for ‘The Odyssey’ in Fort Lauderdale

Entertainment admin August 11, 2026 0 Comments

How to score IMAX 70mm tickets for ‘The Odyssey’ in Fort Lauderdale

South Florida is known for exclusive nightclubs and parties, but the hardest event to score a ticket to these days might be “The Odyssey” in IMAX 70mm.

The AutoNation IMAX 3D Theater at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale is one of just 25 theaters in the country that is screening the hit Christopher Nolan film in IMAX 70mm, the director’s preferred format that offers the most immersive viewing experience. Worldwide, only about 40 theaters offer the format.

Film buffs and casual Nolan fans alike have struggled to secure tickets for “The Odyssey,” a star-studded blockbuster based on Homer’s Ancient Greek epic poem. Tickets to “The Odyssey” has sold out several times since tickets first dropped last year. Even Joseph Cox, the museum’s CEO, couldn’t snag tickets the first time around.

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But not all hope is lost. It’s still possible to watch Matt Damon’s Odysseus take on monsters, witches and giants on the museum’s six-story-high screen. The film’s run at the museum’s theater ends Sept. 16, and there are still a few tickets up for grabs.

“Those are filling up quickly. I would encourage people to definitely not be like, ‘Oh, I can get my tickets in a couple of weeks,’” Cox said. “I would definitely get tickets now if you want to see it before it leaves. What we have here at the Auto Nation IMAX Theater is an experience in South Florida that people are flocking to from all over.”

There’s another obstacle moviegoers must face: the line to get into the theater. Unlike most movie theaters, seating at the AutoNation IMAX 3D Theater is not assigned. That means ticket holders need to wait in line before showtime starts, and the best seats are first-come-first-serve.

Most people get to the theater about an hour before showtime. For the best chance at grabbing your preferred seats, show up earlier than you’d think to — about 90 minutes beforehand.

At an extra cost, the theater sells priority entrance tickets that allow access into the theater a few minutes earlier than general admission tickets. Out of the 263 tickets sold for each showtime, 100 priority entrance tickets are available.

Tickets are $25 and an extra $8.75 for priority entrance. There’s also the VIP Priority IMAX Experience that offers 10 VIP tickets, priority theater entry, five reserved parking spaces, 10 large popcorns and fountain drinks with unlimited refills, 10 Odyssey-themed desserts and a private IMAX booth tour for $1,500.

The movie’s popularity has been a boon to the museum, which is close to breaking its record of 57,200 ticket sales which was set in 2009 by “Avatar.” So far, over 55,500 tickets have been sold for “The Odyssey,” Cox said.

Cox credited the museum’s highly skilled projectionists with maintaining and operating the museum’s IMAX 70mm projector, a rare piece of technology that the museum wants to preserve. Working with IMAX 70mm, both for filming and projecting, is very technically difficult and expensive. New IMAX 70mm projectors haven’t been made in about 50 years, and parts needed to build these film projectors “simply no longer exist,” Variety reported.

“As you come and buy your Odyssey tickets, you’re helping a nonprofit cultural organization deliver our mission, which is connecting people to inspiring science,” Cox said.