‘the Odyssey’ Ticket Rush Overwhelms Amc Website And App

The travel to spot Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” turned into a quest of its ain for immoderate fans connected Thursday, arsenic a surge of group scrambling to bargain tickets appeared to bog down AMC’s website.

Dozens of group online said they encountered method glitches while attempting to usage nan theater’s app to acquisition tickets for nan movie, which hits theaters connected July 17.

Some reported awesome delays of up to respective hours erstwhile trying to snag tickets; others said that they couldn’t moreover negociate to find unfastened seats, arsenic theaters quickly filled up.

“Since erstwhile is it truthful difficult to get beforehand movie tickets?” wrote 1 Threads user. “Trying to get tickets correct now for The Odyssey opening play astatine AMC is for illustration trying to get Coachella tickets — each my friends are successful online queues pinch hold times complete an hour?! Seriously, really did we get here??”

“I SURVIVED “The Odyssey” Ticket War!” different Threads personification wrote.

AMC did not instantly respond to an NBC News petition for comment.

“The Odyssey,” which is being distributed by Universal Pictures, is based connected nan epic by nan ancient Greek writer Homer. (NBC News and Universal Pictures stock Comcast arsenic a genitor company.)

It stars Matt Damon arsenic Odysseus, nan Greek king of Ithaca, who is journeying location aft a ten-year agelong Trojan War.

Matt Damon and Zendaya successful "The Odyssey."Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal Pictures

Since nan task was announced, it has generated important attraction owed to its star-studded cast, which besides includes Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson.

The R-rated movie reportedly had a accumulation fund of $250 million, and is nan first characteristic to beryllium changeable wholly connected IMAX film. Nolan, a two-time Oscar winner, besides boasts a ample existing fanbase, having helmed aggregate blockbusters, including “Interstellar,” “The Dark Knight” and “Oppenheimer.”

Though not everyone was capable to unafraid pre-sale tickets, galore still made ray of nan business online, sparking a activity of memes related to nan frenzy.

One personification posted connected X, “Happy ‘oops! an correction has occurred!’ time to america all,” while another, who managed to get tickets, shared, “I JUST GOT MY TICKET FOR THE ODYSSEY OH MY GOD IM SHAKING.”

Americana astatine Brand Memes, an relationship known for its Los Angeles-related memes, posted 2 stickers styled aft nan celebrated “I Voted” stickers. One sounds “I GOT” and nan different “I CAN’T GET,” pinch “70mm Odyssey Tix” written beneath each, poking nosy astatine nan scramble to get tickets.

As of Thursday afternoon, nan AMC app is up and running. But location still appears to beryllium a hold clip of much than 30 minutes.

As 1 X personification wrote: “Spending an hr trying to get a summons to nan Odyssey....almost analogous to a years agelong travel to return location to one’s wife........”