Avengers: Endgame [no spoilers!]

[dbeachy1]

Avengers: Endgame tickets finally went up for sale this morning at 8:30 AM EDT. When I went to Fandango.com this morning to grab my 8:20 PM 3D ticket for April 25, the wait time to place your order was 31 minutes. From the article on cnn.com:

New York (CNN Business) The Avengers weren't prepared for Thanos and it appears that some online ticket sites weren't prepared for the Avengers.

Pre-sale tickets for "Avengers: Endgame," the latest film from Disney's Marvel Studios which opens on April 26, went on sale Tuesday morning, prompting fans to flock to sites like Fandango and AMC to grab their tickets.
But those who logged onto Fandango found themselves in a virtual queue for some theater chains.

"You're now in line for tickets," a graphic on Fandango's site read.

The graphic, which pops up after consumers try to buy tickets for certain theaters, says that ticket buyers will automatically be taken to the site when their turn comes up. The graphic displays an estimated wait time, which varies from person to person.

Fandango was backed up but was operational, allowing consumers to grab tickets, even though many show times for the film's opening weekend are already sold out.

"Endgame" set Fandango's first day pre-sales record overtaking "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." It broke the record in only six hours, the online ticket seller reported on Tuesday evening.

AMC's website and its ticketing app, however, appeared to be down because of the high demand.

Fandango declined to comment. AMC did not immediately return a request for comment, but they posted a tweet to address the site crash.

"We want everyone to be able to grab their Avengers: Endgame tickets, but it looks like we've gotten Thanos' snap," the tweet said. "We're working on getting things back up and running, and in the meantime, please keep trying our website and our partner sites!"

Atom Tickets prepared their servers for the rush of online ticket sales, but it still wasn't enough to handle the demand. A spokesperson for Atom told CNN Business that "Endgame" has sold three times more tickets on its site in the first hour of pre-sale than "Avengers: Infinity War" did last year.

"Endgame" is the sequel to "Infinity War," which broke box office records when it premiered last April.

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"Infinity War" made a record $640 million for its opening weekend around the world. It went on to make more than $2 billion worldwide.

Theaters released multiple showtimes for "Endgame," which is listed at 3 hours and 2 minutes. AMC 25 in New York City's Times Square has 41 showtimes on opening day. That includes showtimes at 3:30 am, 4:30 am and 5:30 am.

I was able to score my ticket once my turn came up on fandango.com, though. Looking forward to April 25th!

Also, a third Endgame trailer was just posted today:

 

[DaveS]

New teaser, it seems to confirm something that has been widely speculated about.

 

[dbeachy1]

Saw the premiere in 3D tonight, going to see it again tomorrow. Loved it!! 9.5/10, will see again (and several more times).

EDIT 26-Apr-2019:

Quoting from https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/media/avengers-endgame-opening-box-office/index.html:

New York (CNN Business) "Avengers: Endgame" made $60 million at the domestic box office for its preview showings on Thursday night. That makes it the biggest opening night in history.

That surpasses the record held by another Disney (DIS) property "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which made $57 million on its opening night in 2015, according to Comscore (SCOR). "Endgame's" prequel "Avengers: Infinity War" made $39 million for its preview showings last year before going on to have the highest-grossing opening weekend in history at $258 million.

 

[dbeachy1]

Google is having fun with this (no spoilers):

(CNN) Easter may be over, but Google has a special "Avengers: Endgame"-themed "Easter egg" in honor of the blockbuster film.

An "Easter egg" is a popular term that refers to a hidden message.
Here's how it works: Google the name of the bad guy from the film -- that would be Thanos -- and click or tap on the Infinity Gauntlet.

Full article here.

EDIT:

'Avengers: Endgame' shatters records with $1.2 billion opening

New York (CNN Business) The Avengers assembled the biggest box office in film history, far surpassing multiple records on the books.

Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" made an estimated $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office for its opening, according to Disney (DIS). It is the only film in history to cross the $1 billion mark for its debut.

It broke the previous record by hundreds of millions of dollars. Its prequel "Avengers: Infinity War" formerly held the record making $640 million for its opening last year.

The film, which started rolling out internationally on Wednesday, took just 5 days to cross $1 billion.

"Endgame" also shattered the opening record in North America. The film, which stars Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, brought in an estimated $350 million domestically this weekend. That makes it the biggest opening weekend ever, blowing away the previous domestic record of $258 million that "Infinity War" made.

The Marvel film somehow exceeded its own huge expectations. Analysts predicted last week that the film could make anywhere from $260 million to $300 million domestically.