Bob Mondello
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first heard Nov 2024
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Bob Mondello’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Nolan superfans are touting the virtues of seeing The Odyssey on one of the mere 41 screens, 25 in the U.S.
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and another 16 abroad, that are equipped to play 70mm IMAX film, the format The Odyssey was shot in.
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But there are plenty of what the industry calls premium large-format auditoriums, including digital IMAX and conventional 70mm,
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They represent about 1% of Odyssey's showings, but because audiences are eager to see the film on the biggest possible screen, that 1% is pulling in 20% of ticket sales.
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It is racing to fill construction orders for dozens of new IMAX auditoriums.
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Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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$124 million in North America, even more than that overseas, for a worldwide total of $264 million in ticket sales in just three days.
Let's go!
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has long championed the theatrical experience, and by making The Odyssey entirely on IMAX cameras, a Hollywood first, he's evidently given audiences a reason to leave their couches.
We want more.
A galaxy of stars and near-unanimous critical raves clearly helped, as did exit polls.
Help me go home.
Four out of five Odyssey patrons said they would definitely recommend the film to a friend.
With no major movies opening next weekend, Nolan's tale of the hero of the Trojan Wars is expected to rake in roughly half a billion dollars in its first ten days in theaters.
Bob Mondello, NPR News.
$124 million in North America.
even more than that overseas, for a worldwide total of $264 million in ticket sales in just three days.
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has long championed the theatrical experience, and by making the Odyssey entirely on IMAX cameras, a Hollywood first, he's evidently given audiences a reason to leave their couches.
We won the war.
A galaxy of stars and near-unanimous critical raves clearly helped, as did exit polls.
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