Why Is It Absolute Hell to Buy a Movie Ticket Now?
The conclusion to Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune trilogy is still four months away, but the anticipation was palpable on Tuesday, the first day of ticket presales.
Theater chain apps suffered apparent outages as moviegoers waited in long virtual lines, hoping to finally glimpse a seat map with some empty spots left on it. In Manhattan, those who have grown mistrustful of this unreliable tech found time on a weekday morning to line up around the block at AMC Lincoln Square—hours before the box office opened. It was the third frenzied rush for blockbuster tickets in a few short weeks, following sky-high demand for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Customers have been particularly keen to see these films on IMAX screens, with Dune: Part Three and The Odyssey also available in the even more exclusive IMAX 70mm format. Only 25 theatersin the...
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