Scalping at CGV Yongsan

  • "The Odyssey" ranks second in presale with a 30.5 percent presale share.
  • Tickets are being resold for 50,000 won to 100,000 won ($35 to $69), compared with a face value of 17,000 to 21,000 won.
  • Some sellers are offering upwards of 10 tickets per screening.
  • The film is the first feature shot entirely with Imax cameras.
  • CGV Yongsan is the only theater in Korea that displays the film's full 1.43:1 Imax frame without cropping, and its screen is the largest in Asia and third-largest of its kind in the world.
  • Korea has no Imax 70mm theater.
  • Imax has 41 theaters worldwide showing the film, 25 of them in the US, where resale prices have reached as much as $1,000.

New Anti-Scalping Law Excludes Movie Tickets

  • A law banning scalping at concerts and sporting events takes effect Aug. 28, carrying fines of up to 50 times the ticket price.
  • The law does not cover movie tickets.
  • The Ministry backed the goal of rooting out scalping but recommended limiting any ban to online sales, which existing laws do not cover.

Past Incidents

  • Resale prices for a previous release reached 110,000 won, about five times the regular price.
  • Similar scalping was reported around the releases of "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and "Dune: Part Two" (2024).