Four months out, Avengers: Doomsday pre-sales top $35M to set a new record

Tickets for Avengers: Doomsday quietly went live on July 20 alongside the first trailer — but only for premium formats and only in about 1,000 U.S. theaters. Even with that cap, opening-day presales hit a staggering $16.5 million, with early shows around the film ’s December 18 launch selling out fast enough that theaters started adding extra Christmas Day screenings to absorb the overflow.

The real surge came when general tickets opened around the D23 weekend. By this week, presales pushed past $35 million, according to Global Box Office on X, with the film still roughly 17 weeks from release — an unheard-of head start for a number that large. World of Reel, citing Box Office Theory, had the total near $22 million just days earlier before the wider rollout kicked in.

$35 million in presales with 17 weeks to go.

That first-day haul landed at roughly double what Deadpool & Wolverine managed on its own opening day in 2024, and early wide numbers were running 65% ahead of Spider- Man: Brand New Day . For context, Avengers: Endgame was estimated to bank around $140 million in total presales — and Doomsday has months left to add to its stack.

No IMAX? No problem

There’s a wrinkle on formats: Disney isn’t booking the movie into IMAX because Dune: Part Three holds an exclusive on those screens for three weeks starting December 18. In response, Marvel rolled out an “Infinity Vision” badge for premium auditoriums like Dolby, XD, and RPX — a workaround that clearly didn’t slow demand.

Who’s back this time

• Chris Evans
• Chris Hemsworth
• Anthony Mackie
• Sebastian Stan
• Paul Rudd
• Letitia Wright
• Simu Liu

That reunion — plus the promise of Doctor Doom stepping into the spotlight — has been enough to turn a premium-only window into a record-setting run. The movie opens December 18, with IMAX screens tied up by Dune through the first three weeks of its rollout.