India, June 5 -- Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated epic The Odyssey has not even hit theaters yet but it is already breaking the internet. Fans rushing to grab IMAX and premium large format seats overwhelmed ticketing platforms on Thursday.

AMC's ticketing app paused briefly after demand for IMAX and other premium large format screenings of The Odyssey surged following tickets going on sale Thursday. Sales eventually resumed but wait times stretched up to an hour.

Outage tracking site Downdetector recorded 872 reports of AMC not working as of 12:13pm EST.

Fandango was not spared either, with users reporting long wait times on its website as well, per Variety. As there were 289 reports of website not working as of 12:04pm EST, per ...