Maybe Thanos’ plan to erase half the universe wasn’t such a bad idea: at least it would have been easier to get Avengers: Endgame tickets. It was always going to be a tough assignment, considering the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is arguably the year’s most anticipated movie and Infinity War made a staggering $257 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend (defeating the previous record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens), but I don’t think anyone expected a 40-plus minute wait for tickets.
This is a bit much, honestly pic.twitter.com/qqB6yYCAnD
— Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) April 2, 2019
It sounded like a nightmare for everyone, whether trying to purchase tickets through Fandango, Movie Tickets, Atom, the Alamo Drafthouse’s website (which is what I tried to do — after 20-something minutes, I was finally successful), or, uh, does Moviefone still exist? Et tu, Moviefone guy? Even co-directors Joe and Anthony Russo got in on the on-sale excitement, tweeting a quote from the film: “It’s not about how much we lost, it’s about how much we have left.” Hopefully your local theater has some opening night tickets available; otherwise, you may want to stay off the internet until that weekend.
When you're trying to buy Avengers: End Game tickets and every screening is full#AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/nNuRON3QHO
— Josh K. Elliott (@joshkelliott) April 2, 2019
#AvengersEndgametickets me trying to get my tickets pic.twitter.com/RxpGjD5kqt
— Scott Whalen (@jswhalen1) April 2, 2019
DAMN MA WAS IT THAT SERIOUS #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/qrLBSxjQIB
— K (@sweetenervol6) April 2, 2019
Rolling up to the #AvengersEndgametickets party like pic.twitter.com/5UiYRsMmDl
— ᴊᴇʟᴀ (@jelevision) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/Shtogus/status/1113052843525668864
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People trying to get into AMC and Cinemark websites to get tickets #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/vqz1b1P96r
— Junior 🇲🇽🇺🇸🏆🏆 (@713ToThe281_) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/jeffboom1/status/1113058477587476480
https://twitter.com/cajansona/status/1113055436469547009
Tickets for ‘Avengers: Endgame’ are available now and people are running to their computer like ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/E0HOEN8t2i
— 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦 (@TommySledge) April 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/BrockMasters24/status/1113063872989024257
Avengers Endgame, which stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt, among many others, opens on April 26.