'The Odyssey' tickets selling for over $70 in Korea
Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster, "The Odyssey," has created a severe ticket scalping frenzy in Korea, prompting the state-run Korean Film Council to begin collecting reports from the public on illegal resales. "The Odyssey" is the first feature film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras. Korea has no theater equipped with 70-mm film projection to display the movie in its full 1.43:1 aspect…
The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster, has sparked a significant ticket scalping frenzy in South Korea. The state-run Korean Film Council has started collecting reports from the public on illegal resales due to this issue. The movie, the first feature film shot entirely on IMAX film cameras, is not being shown in a theater equipped with 70-mm film projection in Korea, limiting its availability to a single CGV theater at Yongsan Station, Seoul.
When ticket sales opened on August 5, CGV's website and mobile application faced severe slowdowns due to massive traffic, with the first two screenings selling out within minutes, except for wheelchair-accessible seats and front-row spots. As demand surged, tickets began appearing on online secondhand marketplaces like Bunjang and Karrot Market, with prices escalating from their original range of 17,000 won to 21,000 won to nearly 100,000 won, or around $72.
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