While The Odyssey movie is still a month away, online tickets for IMAX have already been made available across the world. However, there's a catch. The tickets might be expensive and in some cases you may even have to wait for an hour to book tickets. The long wait time might be attributed to the demand for IMAX screening for Christopher Nolan's upcoming movie.However, these minor road blocks haven't stopped people from purchasing their tickets for the upcoming Greek epic. Despite all the inconveniences, advance PLF, i.e., Premium Large Format tickets for The Odyssey have seen impressive sales.Here is how you should watch The Odyssey in IMAX: What is the difference?Still from The Odyssey | Image Via: YouTube/Universal PicturesWhile purchasing your IMAX tickets for The Odyssey, please check the presentation format. Chris Nolan filmed the movie in format that was especially intended for the 70 MM presentation format. While you can opt to watch the movie in an IMAX theater using digital projector, the experience would not be the same as the 70 MM format.70 MM IMAX screens are massive, measuring approximately 59 by 79 feet ensuring that you can observe the little details on the frame. Therefore, it is preferrable to watch the movie in IMAX 70MM format instead of the other format. Here are the list of IMAX theaters across the US and Canada in the format:TCL Chinese Theatres IMAX (Hollywood, CA)Cinemark Seven Bridges & IMAX (Woodridge, IL)Cinemark Dallas & IMAX (Dallas, TX)AMC Lincoln Square 13 & IMAX (New York, NY)Cineplex Cinemas Vaughan & IMAX (Toronto, ON)SilverCity Riverport & IMAX (Richmond, BC)BFI IMAX (London, UK)IMAX Melbourne (Melbourne, AU)Cinema City IMAX Prague (Prague, CZ)The 4K digital projection conversely isn't sharp and immersive. However, if your country or state doesn't have a 70 MM IMAX theater, you may have no option but to watch the movie in the digital IMAX format.Tickets for the 70 MM version might cost you around $32 or even less in the US, depending on your location. Conversely, the 4K digital format could cost slightly less, i.e. over $20.The sales number of AMC's PLF tickets for The Odyssey was one of the highest: View this post on Instagram Instagram PostDeadline published a report this Friday stating that the advance bookings for 70 MM IMAX screening of The Odyssey were the highest since 2022, i.e., four years ago. It should be noted that as of now, only IMAX tickets have gone online, and the tickets for standard screenings have not been made accessible yet. The Deadline report stated that those tickets would go live later this Summer.The tickets for standard screenings would be comparitively less expensive than the PLF ones. However, it seems that the upcoming Nolan movie is one of the rare instances where people are opting for a premium format experience ragardless of the cost. For example, the IMAX tickets for movie in Indian cities range between INR ₹3,000 (31.40 USD) and ₹3,300 (34.54 USD), a cost which is expensive for the country.Why is there a frenzy for the upcoming Greek epic? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThis kind of frenzy is reserved only for music-related movie screenings featuring Beyonce and Taylor Swift have enjoyed this kind of sales. But it should be noted that Christopher Nolan is a brand on to himself and his movies enjoy a devout fervor reserved for auteurs like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.What makes the movie special is that it is a mythological epic, a genre Nolan hasn't dabbled with. Until now, his movies were fairly realistic, with Chris Nolan stretching a bit for the superhero genre with The Dark Knight Trilogy. However, the upcoming Nolan movie requires him to stretch even further as mythology requires him to dabble with mysticism and sorcery.Moreover, Nolan has been associated with the IMAX format ever since 2008's The Dark Knight. For nearly 18 years, Nolan has used IMAX cameras to film key scenes. However, he avoided IMAX cameras to film dialogues because of the noise they made. However, this changed with the upcoming Greek epic as the entire movie was filmed using those PLF cameras.The production team finally created a camera which made 30% less noise, which convinced Nolan to shoot the entire movie using the IMAX camera dubbbed the "Keighley". For those who don't know, the camera was named in the honor of David Keighley, IMAX’s first Chief Quality Officer, who passed away in September 2025.The marketing campaign for The Odyssey has highlighted the fact that it was the first movie to be filmed using 70 MM IMAX film cameras. The Explore Formats page for the movie's website hypes up the movie like this:"Every frame of The Odyssey was shot with IMAX Film Cameras. In IMAX 70mm locations, the film will be presented in IMAX’s 1.43:1 Expanded Aspect Ratio. Each film frame has 15 perforations and runs horizontally through the projector. It is the largest and highest-resolution format available and gives you an unparalleled sense of immersion as the image fills IMAX’s signature floor-to-ceiling screen."The trailers have promised a unique big screen IMAX experience, which is why evryone is hyped for the movie, releasing on July 17, 2026.Have you booked your tickets for The Odyssey? Please remember that this movie is rated R, and therefore it is suitable only for adults.