Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings of The Odyssey

Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by cinntaile on Saturday July 18, 2026 @02:59PM (#48961091)

Is this a very limited release or why not just give it a few weeks and you'll get seats without any trouble?

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by SirFatty on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:50PM (#48961629)

FOMO.. it makes people do weird things like this.

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by reactordev on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:17PM (#48961904)

Just look at Labubu's.

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by PcChip on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:38PM (#48962122)

When we watched that South Park episode, my wife had to explain to me that those were real and not a made up thing for the show

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by tclancy on Saturday July 18, 2026 @05:10PM (#48962447)

Is this weird? Helping others?

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by crooked-v on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:09PM (#48961814)

There's only 25 theaters in the US that even have 70MM IMAX projectors, so it is indeed pretty limited.

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by andrewtorkbaker on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:12PM (#48961234)

For the theaters near me, 70mm IMAX showings even a few weeks out still had only crummy seats. Also, I'm impatient and want to see it soon!

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by gcanyon on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:25PM (#48961984)

The IMAX screenings are pre-committed to future movies -- it might be the case that Spider-Man takes over in two weeks and the window for The Odyssey is closed, even if more people want to see The Odyssey in IMAX than Spider-Man.

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by xnx on Saturday July 18, 2026 @05:36PM (#48962670)

A theater near me has 70mm showings. I have to imagine they'll find a time/way to fit showings (at $25/ticket!) until demand drops.

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by Marsymars on Sunday July 19, 2026 @11:27AM (#48969014)

If the ticket sales show that demand difference, they'll often flip back. e.g. I missed Project Hail Mary in imax because they bumped it for the Mario movie, but if I'd waited an extra week they swapped back to Project Hail Mary in the imax theatre, presumably due to relatively low ticket sales for imax Mario.

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