PSA for those upset at Interstellar 70mm ticket availability

Yes it’s upsetting that tickets sold out fast. Yes it sucks there was no warning, and by the time people were notified, it seemed like all the good seats were already taken. Yes, it doesn’t make sense why they’d only screen for a few days on such high demand.

HOWEVER

It costs a lot of money to make the IMAX film reels, let alone, ship them. If they went through this much trouble to ensure these theaters got the reels, it makes 0 sense to only show the movie for 1 weekend. They may break a profit, but that’s a maybe.

What seems more likely is: they’ll likely redo another batch of showings early next year when there’s a gap between IMAX movies coming out. The box office completion is a night and day difference between December/holiday season and February/March.

If you missed out, that’s unfortunate, but I would be VERY surprised if they don’t reuse the same expensive reels to do more showings given the demand is so high. It may be a few months away but you’ve already many years for this, so why not wait longer.