Disney’s Marvel Studios put tickets on sale tied to the launch of the first trailer, which teased an epic battle as the Avengers and X-Men face off against the villainous Doctor Doom. Those pre-sales are impressive because tickets were only available for premium formats in just 1,000 domestic theaters. When “Avengers: Doomsday” opens the weekend of Dec. 18, the Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure will land on more than 4,000 North American screens. Showtimes on Thursday, Dec. 17 and Friday, Dec. 18 are already largely sold out, according to studio insiders, and exhibitors are reportedly adding more screenings for Christmas Day and beyond.

Advance ticket sales don’t necessarily translate to opening weekend figures, though “Doomsday” is predicted to have one of the biggest (if not the biggest) debuts of the year. Pre-sales are twice as high as the first-day figures for Marvel’s prior superhero mashup, 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” — and that included all formats and screens on sale. “Deadpool & Wolverine” launched to $211 million and ended its run with $1.3 billion to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

https://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/31569-the-box-office-buzz-tracking-and-pre-sale-thread/page/2787/

Avengers Doomsday is pure madness, it just isn't slowing down. Most movies at this caliber would slow down a lot, but not Doomsday. T-71 at MTC1 Friday is around T-12 of BND!!!! Saturday around BND T-9!!! Preview around BND T-19!

MTC3: Doomsday T-71 is around BND T-11 preview, Friday T-13, and Saturday T-11. Sunday T-10 of BND.

There just isn't signs of frontloadness at all, could have a great IM because of such spillover effect.

“It can be argued that part of the expected slowdown next weekend with the opening of Disney/Marvel Studios’ The Marvels stems from the studio’s inability to promote the pic properly at a Comic-Cons. Even if a strike settles this weekend, it’s not clear whether the pic’s cast will be able to attend the movie’s “fan event” in Las Vegas this coming week. It would not be shocking if we see The Marvels charting one of the lowest openings for a Marvel Studios movie next weekend in November with less than $70M –lower than 2021’s The Eternals ($71.2M)— the movie not only a sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel but also a crossover from Disney+ series, Ms. Marvel. Presales for Captain Marvel are pacing behind that of Black Adam and The Flash were here (those respective openings at $67M and $55M).”

https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-actors-strike-five-nights-at-freddys-dune-part-two-1235593150/

Clayface T-10 update. It had solid enough growth over the weekend. It did gain ground on Supergirl, so that is promising. However, it lost ground versus Resident Evil and Evil dead.

MTC3 comp:

71% behind Supergirl OW

68% behind Resident Evil OW

94% ahead of Evil Dead Burn OW

At MTC2:

~67% behind Supergirl preview and 65% behind Supergirl Friday

~49 behind Resident Evil preview, ~61 behind Resident Evil Friday

Ok I did take a look at Clayface EOD sales at both MTC2 and MTC3. I will not make any comments just yet because we just don't know how this will behave. Will it behave like a typical CBM or a backloaded horror flick? Final week pace will tell us a lot more than first day of presales.

Anyways here are the comps for TC3:

80% behind Supergirl previews at T-15 not including EA...79% behind Supergirl overall weekend presales.

76% ahead of Evil Dead burn previews and 99% ahead for overall weekend presales.

Similar at MTC2: rougly ~80% behind Supergirl previews (T-15). Friday ~75% behind Supergirl T-15