Ticket sales for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” generate a major online rush, with multiple outlets reporting long waits and intermittent technical issues when premium large-format (“PLF”) showtimes go on sale. On Thursday, users attempting to buy tickets encounter online queues on AMC’s website and app, with reported wait times reaching about an hour at peak demand. Variety and others say the AMC ticketing system briefly pauses during the surge, while Rolling Stone reports long wait times and glitches not only at AMC but also at other ticketing platforms, including Fandango and Regal. Lifehacker and NBC News similarly describe the queueing and slowdown as part of an effort to manage traffic. Deadline and other sources add that the most immediate sales focus on PLF formats, with standard showtimes scheduled for later in the summer. In at least one update, Deadline reports the AMC wait time later drops substantially, shrinking from roughly an hour to about eight minutes, indicating conditions improve after the initial spike. Overall, the coverage describes widespread, demand-driven strain on ticketing systems during the first day of advance sales for premium screenings.
AMC website overwhelmed by ticket demand for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”
Ticket sales for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” generate a major online rush, with multiple outlets reporting long waits and intermittent technical issues when premium large-format (“PLF”) showtime...
- PLF (Premium Large Format) ticket sales for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” go on sale first.
- AMC’s website and app show queues and wait times that reach around one hour at peak.
- Multiple outlets report ticketing glitches or delays affecting AMC and at least some other platforms during the rush.
- Later updates report wait times at AMC decrease significantly (to about eight minutes).
- Standard showtimes are scheduled to go on sale later in the summer.
EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell us that the first day advance PLF ticket sales for Universal’s upcoming Christopher Nolan epic, The Odyssey, were the highest ever for AMC yesterday in the last four years when it came to a major studio movie. The Odyssey‘s standard showtimes will go on sale later this summer. Just to re-emphasize, the […]
2 months agoAMC, Fandango, and Regal all faced long weight times and site glitches when tickets went on sale
2 months agoIf you want tickets to Christopher Nolan's epic 'The Odyssey,' you'll need to get in line. On Thursday, wait times on the AMC website reached an hour as hopeful moviegoers scrambled to secure seats.
2 months agoMaking plans to see Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” turned into a quest of its own for some fans on Thursday as a surge of would-be ticket buyers appeared to bog down AMC’s website
2 months agoAMC Theaters is currently forcing users to wait in line to use the app or website.
2 months agoTickets for Universal’s $250M Christopher Nolan feature take of Homer’s Odyssey went on sale today, but only for PLF (Premium Large Format) showtimes. Deadline has confirmed that the wait on AMC sites was long as an hour and has now dwindled to around eight minutes, per sources. We are checking with other circuits to see […]
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