Matt Damon’s 2026 Film Sells Out Opening Weekend Already!

Matt Damon’s upcoming epic The Odyssey has sparked a ‘black market’ with movie tickets being resold for hundreds of dollars above its retail value, even though the release date is still a year away.

With increase in demand to see the movie during opening weekend in 2026, scalpers have been listing the tickets and attempting to resell movie tickets for shocking sticker prices.

Now, scalpers are selling movie tickets for upwards of $200 to $300 per ticket, with bid prices going over a whopping $700, even though the film still in the midst of production. 

Just earlier this week, Damon was seen shooting scenes in Scotland with Tom Holland and Zendaya.

In the United States, almost all tickets for screenings in IMAX 70mm film sold out within an hour of going live at midnight, repping about a total of $1.5 million in sales, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Matt Damon ‘s upcoming epic The Odyssey has sparked a ‘black market’ with movie tickets being resold for hundreds of dollars above its retail value — even though the release date is still a year away

With increase in demand to see the movie during opening weekend in 2026, scalpers have been listing the tickets and attempting to resell movie tickets for shocking sticker prices

Since then, fans have been sharing reports of tickets being resold on eBay and other sites between $300 and $400 — and reportedly even going up to $1400 for a group of four tandem seats — compared to an average retail price between $25 and $28, a source told the outlet.

 With one Dallas screening ticket appeared at 400% above its retail value and another listing reportedly offered two seats to a July 19 screening for $399, there were also reportedly four AMC Lincoln Square tickets that opened bidding at $1,000, per fan reports on social media.

On social media, fans started joking that the ticket situation had sparked a ‘black market’ to sell and buy seats for opening weekend of the highly anticipated film. 

In reaction to seeing the resell prices, an X user tweeted disappointedly: ‘on top of this odyssey imax thing being an annoying idea in general now we have a black market for movie tickets.’ 

Another fan tweeted a side-by-side comparison of a man before and after having aged due to stress and time, writing that was ‘how it felt trying to get an imax ticket for the odyssey.’ 

‘Still can’t believe someone spent $1000 on 4 tickets for the odyssey on ebay,’ another person wrote in shock. 

Another person added: ‘Someone on eBay wanted $1400 for four tickets to The Odyssey in 70MM IMAX lol go f*** yourself.’ 

‘Me watching The Odyssey in row A at Lincoln Square AMC next July because tickets sold out in 30 seconds,’ another added alongside a warped view of the movie screen, angled from the very first row.

‘Christopher Nolan making The Odyssey an immersive experience by making us wait an entire year after buying our tickets like we are Odysseus spending 10 years trying to find his son,’ one X user joked.

But he Damon-led and Christopher Nolan-directed epic, inspired by Homer’s epic, is set to premiere in theaters nationwide in 12 more months. The film stars Damon as Odysseus and Holland as Odysseus’ son Telemachus

On social media, fans started joking that the ticket situation had sparked a ‘black market’ to sell and buy seats for opening weekend of the highly anticipated film

Another fan tweeted a side-by-side comparison of a man before and after having aged due to stress and time, writing that was ‘how it felt trying to get an imax ticket for the odyssey’

‘Still can’t believe someone spent $1000 on 4 tickets for the odyssey on ebay,’ another person wrote in shock

Another person added: ‘Someone on eBay wanted $1400 for four tickets to The Odyssey in 70MM IMAX lol go f*** yourself.’

‘Me watching The Odyssey in row A at Lincoln Square AMC next July because tickets sold out in 30 seconds,’ another added alongside a warped view of the movie screen, angled from the very first row

‘Christopher Nolan making The Odyssey an immersive experience by making us wait an entire year after buying our tickets like we are Odysseus spending 10 years trying to find his son,’ one X user joked

(L-R) Damon and Ben Affleck attend Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event in LA in May

The Damon-led and Christopher Nolan-directed epic, inspired by Homer’s epic, is set to premiere in theaters nationwide in 12 more months.

The film stars Damon as Odysseus and Holland as Odysseus’ son Telemachus. 

The classic story from ancient Greek literature follows the king of Ithaca as he undertakes a long and perilous journey home to his wife after the end of the Trojan War. 

His challenges are many as he spends many years encountering a succession of mythical beings, including the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, the enchantress Circe and travels to the Underworld. 

The all-star cast also includes Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Cherlize Theron, Jon Bernthal and Mia Goth.

Ticket pre-sales for The Odyssey were accompanied by the release of a minute-long, first look trailer that played ahead of screenings for Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman.

Nolan preferred to keep the teaser off the internet in order to preserve the cinematic experience of his new film.

The Odyssey opens in theaters on July 17, 2026.