Fans want to lock down theirAvengers: Infinity Wartickets. According toDeadline, it only took six hours for the upcoming superhero epic to achieve the best-selling first day tickets. It’s already beaten outBatman v. Superman,Justice League(no surprise there), and the previous record-holder,Black Panther. Per Deadline, “In a Fandango survey of more than 1,000 moviegoers who snapped upInfinity Wartickets this morning:
–97% can’t wait to see how dozens of heroes work together in the same film
–94% are excited to see different franchise characters (Guardians,Avengers, etc.) meeting one another for the first time.
–92% see “Infinity War” as the culmination of all of the MCU films before it.
–87% have seen all of the MCU movies.
–71% sawBlack Pantheron the big screen.
–60% claimBlack Panthermade them even more excited to seeAvengers: Infinity War.
I was a bit wary if theBlack Pantheraudience would crossover toInfinity War, and that may seem like an odd thing to say if you consider thatBlack Panthergrew out of previous Marvel movies. But keep in mind thatBlack Panthermade more on its opening weekend than eitherAvengers: Age of UltronorCaptain America: Civil War, so it was clearly pulling in an audience that didn’t bother with those other MCU movies. The question then became if they would go see the next MCU movie even if Black Panther wasn’t the star, or if they were only interested in Black Panther movies. Keep in mind we saw something similar play out last year whereWonder Womanrocketed to $412 million domestic, but when it came time to see Wonder Woman as part ofJustice League, the big crossover only earned $229 million domestic.
But that doesn’t seem like it will be the case withInfinity War. I’m very curious to see how its opening and gross will compare withBlack Panther, but at the very least, Disney and Marvel have to be optimistic considering these early ticket sales.
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