Harkins adds late-night showings of ‘The Odyssey’ in Arizona’s only IMAX 70mm theater

The Harkins Arizona Mills IMAX theater in Tempe is adding late-night showtimes for “The Odyssey” after Christopher Nolan’s latest epic enjoyed a blockbuster opening weekend.

“The Odyssey” is the first feature film to be shot entirely in IMAX 70mm, which is considered the highest-quality format available.

The Arizona Mills IMAX screen, which is six stories tall, is one of just 41 in the world that can play full-size IMAX 70mm films and the only such venue in the state.

With demand for IMAX 70mm tickets booming and many showings already sold out, Harkins Arizona Mills is adding 1:30 a.m. screenings of the nearly three-hour-long epic for Monday-Thursday this week.

Harkins is also screening “The Odyssey” on its oversized CINÉXL screens and in exclusive 35MM, 70MM non-IMAX formats, with the film in multiple theaters at some locations.

Additionally, the Scottsdale-based theater chain is selling special Trojan horse and IMAX projector popcorn containers and a custom cocktail called the Cyclops Sour.

And while supplies last, moviegoers who watch “The Odyssey” in 35MM or 70MM will receive a collectible 35MM or 70MM film strip.

“The Odyssey,” which stars Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, opened with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas for worldwide total of $264.1 million. The 41 IMAX 70mm screens generated $6.3 million in ticket sales.

Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem had a production budget of $250 million, making it one of the most expensive R-rated movies ever made.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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