Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Opens Nationwide After IMAX Previews
The preview numbers and a nine-version release across six formats give the film a wide theatrical footprint in Japan before general audiences arrive.
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey opened in Japanese theaters on September 11, 2026. Matt Damon plays Odysseus, with Tom Holland as Telemachus and Anne Hathaway as Penelope. The film screened in IMAX previews from September 4 to 10, drawing 50,818 admissions and 115,618,060 yen over the first three days, and 88,334 admissions and 198,252,280 yen across the full preview run. It runs 172 minutes.
The film is the first feature-length production shot entirely on IMAX film cameras. Japan's preview run began on September 4 and ran through September 10, ahead of the nationwide opening. Screenings now cover six formats and nine versions: 2D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, MX4D, and 35mm, in subtitled and dubbed mixes.
On opening day the film took over seven screens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing, with special messages from Damon, Holland, and Hathaway. A behind-the-scenes video, "Christopher Nolan and the Finest Crew's Challenge," was released alongside the opening. Events follow on September 14 in Osaka and September 21 at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya, where the Japanese dub cast appears.
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