AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - NYC moviegoers line up at 3 a.m. for IMAX screenings as 'Odyssey' and 'Dune 3' ticket frenzy grips Manhattan
AMC Lincoln Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side is running overnight IMAX 70mm screenings of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" well past its debut weekend, and the crowds keep showing up at 2 and 3 a.m. On a recent weekday at 2:45 a.m., moviegoers were still filing into the theater for a late-night showing of the […] The post NYC moviegoers line up at 3 a.m. for IMAX screenings as 'Odyssey' and 'Dune 3' ticket frenzy grips Manhattan appeared first on American Almanac .
AMC Lincoln Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side is running overnight IMAX 70mm screenings of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" well past its debut weekend, and the crowds keep showing up at 2 and 3 a.m. On a recent weekday at 2:45 a.m., moviegoers were still filing into the theater for a late-night showing of the Nolan film, part of a demand surge that has forced AMC to extend operating hours weeks after the movie opened. The phenomenon is not limited to "The Odyssey." Days before the article's publication, fully grown adults wrapped a line around the block at the same Manhattan theater to buy IMAX 70mm tickets for "Dune: Part Three," which opens in December. Digital ticketing platforms buckled under the load. Resale listings appeared…Open