The same thing has happened twelve times over. Making every film in this carousel cost about $10 million between them. Together they have grossed close to $1.9 billion.
The Blair Witch Project held the record for the highest grossing film festival pickup of all time. Obsession took it this summer. Curry Barker made his film for $750,000, Focus Features bought it out of Toronto, and it has now passed $425 million worldwide.
The Odyssey is the first movie ever shot entirely on IMAX film, so IMAX 70mm shows you the whole thing: the full 1.43:1 frame, floor to ceiling, every inch Nolan captured. It's the largest, highest resolution format in the world, and only 41 theaters on the planet can actually project it.