Christopher Nolan's acclaimed epic Odyssey is now the highest-grossing film in the entire history of BFI IMAX, the UK's largest cinema.
To date, BFI IMAX has sold over 101,000 tickets for the film, generating gross revenues of £2,683,987 in a single theatre and achieving a 95% occupancy rate across all available screenings. This makes it the highest-grossing film in the auditorium. The film has surpassed James Cameron's 2009 Avatar, which held the previous record at the cinema.
BFI IMAX remains the number one IMAX venue in both the UK and international markets for this film. The London cinema is also the second-highest-grossing IMAX theatre worldwide, surpassed only by the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, which has nearly double the capacity.
As the first feature film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras, the film can be experienced at BFI IMAX in its original presentation, projected from a rare 70 mm IMAX film print. BFI IMAX in Waterloo, London, is the largest cinema screen in the UK, measuring 26 metres wide by nearly 20 metres high, approximately the height of five double-decker buses.
The film has sold out at the venue for weeks and tickets, even several weeks in advance, have been virtually impossible to obtain. Last month, BFI IMAX was the number one IMAX venue in UK and international markets for the Odyssey opening weekend, with a three-day gross of £219,867, positioning it first of all time in BFI IMAX's opening weekend rankings.
The film also broke BFI IMAX's single-day pre-sales record in June, selling 28,000 tickets in the first 24 hours for revenues of £750,000. This achievement came after four opening weekend screenings sold out in under an hour, a full year before the film's release.
