‘Oppenheimer’ Extends Imax 70mm Run Due to Popular Demand (Exclusive)

Due to popular demand, “Oppenheimer” has extended its 70mm run at Imax theaters nationwide through the end of August.The previous end date, which was already an extension of the film’s original run in Imax 70mm format, was Aug.

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Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb drama are already on sale through Aug.

31 at some Imax theaters, as exhibitors will make them available on a rolling basis.Nolan, a longtime vocal champion of the premium format, touted Imax 70mm as the “best possible experience” to see “Oppenheimer” because “the sharpness and the clarity and the depth of the image is unparalleled.” Only 19 theaters in the U.S.

(and 30 worldwide) have the capability to play films in Imax 70mm, including the AMC Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles and the AMC Lincoln Square in New York — making those screens some of the hottest tickets in town.“It actually looks better in film,…

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