Marvel fans have a new reason to check their calendars today: tickets for “Avengers: Doomsday” are now on sale in every format, everywhere the film will play, timed to coincide with the opening of Disney’s D23 fan expo in Anaheim. Worldwide sales opened this morning at 9 a.m. PT across multiple countries simultaneously rather than staggering the rollout market by market, a scope ComicBasics confirms marks a significant expansion from the film’s earlier, more limited premium sale.
That earlier sale opened five months ahead of release, an unusually early window. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that Disney would put premium-format tickets on sale July 20 exclusively, covering the roughly 1,000 domestic theaters equipped for Infinity Vision, the large-format branding Disney created for its biggest releases in the wake of Warner Bros.’ own premium-format push. Disney also tied Infinity Vision tickets to a limited theatrical re-release of “Avengers: Endgame,” dubbed “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” arriving September 25.
That head start paid off quickly. Variety reported the film pulled in $16.5 million in advance sales within its first day of availability, despite tickets being limited to premium formats and excluding IMAX entirely. Showtimes for the film’s Thursday and Friday opening dates were already largely sold out at premium locations, according to studio figures the outlet cited, with exhibitors reportedly adding additional Christmas-week screenings to meet demand.
Today’s D23 presentation gives Marvel a natural stage to build on that momentum. Marvel Studios takes the spotlight during Disney’s Entertainment Showcase at 7 p.m. PT, and while the studio hasn’t confirmed a new trailer will premiere during the panel, insiders have suggested one is likely, following the same playbook Marvel and Sony used to pair fresh “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” footage with that film’s own ticket sale, Bamsmackpow notes. Marvel has already released a new poster ahead of tonight’s show, depicting Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom framed against green-tinted stained glass, JoBlo reports, with tickets for the film now available for pre-order alongside the artwork’s debut.
The film brings together heroes from three separate corners of the franchise for the first time in live action: the mainline Avengers, the X-Men cast that includes Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden and Kelsey Grammer, and the “Fantastic Four: First Steps” ensemble of Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, a roster Deadline confirmed following the project’s CinemaCon presentation earlier this year. Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers, a detail he addressed directly with fans at a Boston Fan Expo panel over the weekend, Dark Horizons recounts.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, “Avengers: Doomsday” is the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the seventh installment of the franchise’s so-called Phase Six, according to details compiled on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki. It opens December 18 alongside “Dune: Part Three,” setting up a direct sequel, “Avengers: Secret Wars,” a year later. The last time the full Avengers roster assembled on screen was 2019’s “Endgame,” which held the record for the biggest domestic opening weekend in history until “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” surpassed it earlier this month.
