Odysseus has stolen Luke Skywalker’s crown.
Christopher Nolan’s big-screen epic “The Odyssey” has beaten “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” to take first place as the highest-ever three-day gross at the BFI Imax theater in central London, clocking in at £219,867 ($300,000).
The BFI Imax holds only one screen, which at 20 metres (65 feet) tall and 26 metres (85 feet) wide is the largest in the U.K. It has a 493-seat capacity and is one of only three Imax cinemas in the U.K. with the capability of showing the film in Imax 70mm, as Nolan intended.
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” previously held the theater’s record with a three-day opening weekend gross of £216,454 followed by Nolan’s 2023 hit “Oppenheimer,” which had a three-day opening weekend gross of £207,677.
“The Odyssey,” which has already been breaking numerous records, also shattered the theater’s single-day pre-sale record, selling 28,000 tickets in 24 hours a full year in advance, amounting to a £750,000 in gross revenue. That surpassed the pre-sale record for “Dune: Part Two” and “Oppenheimer,” which took £366,000 and £254,000 respectively in their first 24 hours on sale.
