Topline
Outage reports for AMC’s mobile app spiked Tuesday pursuing the merchandise of “Dune: Part Three” tickets, which created “crushing volume” connected the company’s ticketing system, AMC main Adam Aron said.
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2025/09/08: Marquee astatine the entranceway to AMC movie theatre successful Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
Aron said successful a statement the summons request “briefly slowed aliases glitched our online ticketing systems,” noting “extraordinarily precocious demand” for premium screenings for illustration IMAX and for celebrated AMC locations.
Ticketing postulation connected AMC’s website and mobile app was astir triple that of what they knowledgeable successful the motorboat of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the highest-grossing movie of 2026 truthful far.
AMC has antecedently received backlash for ticketing strategy disruptions knowledgeable during the summons releases for blockbusters specified arsenic “The Odyssey” and “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Outage reports for AMC concisely spiked pursuing the summons drop, pinch much than 1,000 reports being made connected Downdetector, pinch astir users reporting issues pinch the mobile app.
Some AMC app issues included not being capable to motorboat the app alongside a “Failed to fetch” connection and complaint limit correction messages, the second of which intends users person sent excessively galore requests successful a group magnitude of time.
Users connected the AMC subreddit complained of receiving complaint limit errors contempt conscionable entering the app and noted the app would clang instantly erstwhile trying to unfastened it.
App conditions appeared to amended astir an hr aft the tickets were released.
Digital queue lines for the summons merchandise exceeded complete an hr connected Fandango’s website.
Tangent
Tickets for IMAX 70mm screenings of “Dune: Part Three” are being sold connected eBay for $200 each connected immoderate listings. Similar listings were made pursuing the summons merchandise of “The Odyssey,” pinch immoderate sellers seeking up to $1,000.
Surprising Fact
“Dune: Part Three” is debuting successful theaters the aforesaid play arsenic “Avengers: Doomsday,” squaring some franchises up for a container agency battle. Though location will beryllium nary shortage of screens showing “Doomsday,” it will miss retired connected home IMAX screens, which will beryllium reserved for “Dune: Part Three” during its opening weeks. The 3rd installment of the franchise is partially changeable for IMAX formats.
Key Background
The “Dune” movie franchise has produced expanding container agency returns pinch each installment, pinch “Dune” generating $410 cardinal worldwide successful 2021 and “Dune: Part Two” raking successful $714 cardinal worldwide successful 2024. The 3rd installment whitethorn very good transcend the container agency capacity of its predecessors, though it remains to beryllium seen if its merchandise alongside “Avengers: Doomsday” will thief aliases inhibit it. Fans person unofficially dubbed the movies’ merchandise day arsenic “Dunesday,” suggesting moviegoers will beryllium getting tickets for a double feature. The simultaneous merchandise of “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” worked successful favour of some movies successful 2023, pinch the “Barbenheimer” arena helping the biographical play scope $975 cardinal globally and the glitzy drama bring successful $1.4 billion.
Further Reading
Tickets For ‘The Odyssey’ Reach $1,000 On eBay After Ticket Sale Disruptions Hit AMC, Fandango (Forbes)
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