With the second weekend of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' upon us shortly, it seems many US theatres are not equipped to handle the incoming rush.People gather outside the AMC theatre at The Grove in Los Angeles, California, on January 20. (Representational) (REUTERS)On Thursday afternoon, as people sought to catch the movie before the weekend rush, the systems of the US's largest multiplex chain, AMC Theatres, crashed. Thousands of viewers were left frustrated on Thursday afternoon as they tried to book tickets on the website and app on AMC Theatres. Initially, viewers reported receiving an error message while trying to log into the platform and book tickets. It was not just the Christopher Nolan blockbuster that was affected. Bookings for other films were also similarly affected.In the following hours, users are complaining that while the error message has disappeared, customers are being made to wait in a queue before the transaction could be completed confirming the booking. At times, the process is ending up taking over 45 minutes, users on X reported.On Down Detector, a platform where users report outages with platforms, more than 450 users have been reporting issues with AMC Theatres since 12:00pm EDT. As of 337 EDT, nearly 250 users are still reporting issues with AMC Theatre platforms.This story is being updated.