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All the box-office talk of the past few weeks has been all about Chris Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”.
Both films have been critically well received and proven box-office darlings and, even without IMAX screens, the new “Spider-Man” has a serious shot at becoming the highest-grossing film of all time.
Combined with “Oppenheimer” back in 2023, it proves that two major films can occupy the same release window without issue and should give both Disney and Warner Bros. Pictures some relief as we head into the openings of “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Dune: Part Three” on December 18th.
This weekend, Disney opened up full advance ticket sales for “Avengers: Doomsday” around four months in advance. Those sales followed premium format presales on 1,000 screens going on sale in July last month around the time of Comic-Con.
Now, The Wrap reports that after just two days of presales, “Avengers: Doomsday” is approximately 65% ahead of the pace set by the first two days of presales for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” – a film which opened to $365 million domestically and over $900 million worldwide.
No major blockbuster has started advance ticket sales this early, even “Spider-Man” didn’t start pre-sales until 1.5 months before release, so it’s not clear how reflective these numbers are.
Meanwhile, wide presales for “Dune: Part Three” have not yet begun. That film will have exclusive play on IMAX through the holidays.
The trade says the few IMAX 70mm screenings of it already offered have seen dozens of sellouts on the film’s opening weekend and are expected to continue well past Christmas and the $714 million global total of its predecessor.
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