After months of anticipation, tickets for Avengers: Endgame, the final installment in the Avengers franchise, went on sale early Tuesday morning. And no movie theater appeared prepared for the army of fans invading ticket websites and apps. Getting tickets to the final Avengers film proved more difficult than snagging tickets to a concert for a huge pop star. Or the riot grrrl band Bikini Kill.
Multiple Daily Dot staffers tried to obtain tickets for shows in different cities, including Austin, Texas, and New York City, with difficulty. The website and app for Alamo Drafthouse, which offers assigned seating, themed menus, and pre-shows, crashed early in the morning. When trying to select an available showtime, users received an error message or a spinning wheel. At other sites, like Fandango, fans experienced long wait times.
(The Alamo site crashed but you can purchase Alamo tickets at Fandango.)
Yikes. #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/tJcPY9aeyP
— Bill Kuchman (@billkuchman) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/voiidmarvel/status/1113071413529907200
Everyone trying to get #AvengersEndgame tickets crashed the Alamo Drafthouse site
— Nerdling Is Here, but She Ain't Happy About It (@nerdlingstale) April 2, 2019
Trying to get tickets for Avengers: Endgame is a nightmare. I picked my seats and put in my card info and everything only for the site to crash when I hit 'process order.' Is it too much to ask for fandango not to crash after waiting in your long queue?
— Fruity🥝🍇 (@FruityMcSwirl) April 2, 2019
I must now wait again.
Sites in the U.K. were also affected.
Avengers: Endgame appears to have simultaneously crashed Cineworld, Odeon and Vue's websites https://t.co/ElqQSzbek5
— Bristol Live (@BristolLive) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/sarahjcronshaw/status/1113056758740783105
We don’t even know if this film will be good, but fans are clearly excited about seeing it right away. (Also, no one wants key plot points spoiled for them.) Disney also released a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame this morning. But did the company even need to bother with additional promotion for this film? Judging from the ticket demand, Avengers: Endgame will be a box-office hit.
We’ve reached out to Alamo Drafthouse for a comment on the company’s app and website crashing, and we’ll update this article when we hear back from the company.
This post has been updated.
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