Similar to a Star Wars title, Black Panther was a big pre-planned event for many this weekend, with
Fandango advance ticket sales driving 36 % of Thursday's preview figure or $ 9M.
DC Films release starring Gal Gadot is also topping «Captain America: The First Avenger» in
Fandango advance ticket sales
Not exact matches
Fandango's website briefly crashed hours after
advanced ticket sales opened for The Force Awakens.
While
Fandango did not release specific figures for Black Panther «s first day of
advance ticket sales, the film's fast start should put it on the path toward a blockbuster box - office debut next month.
The film, which hits theaters next month, set a record for the best first - day
advance ticket sales for any Marvel movie, according to the website
Fandango.
Advanced tickets for Marvel's Black Panther went on
sale this week and quickly became
Fandango's best - selling
tickets to a MCU film to date.
Marvel's «Black Panther» is clawing its way into
Fandango history, now outpacing all superhero movies in the company's
advance ticket sales, eclipsing 2016's «Batman v Superman.»
Advance ticket sales for «Black Panther» set a new record earlier this month for
Fandango as the top seller among Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in the first 24 hours, topping «Captain America: Civil War.»
Other records being broken:
Advance ticket sales continue to go wild over at
Fandango with Black Panther now their fourth - biggest pre-seller of all - time behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The movie -
ticket site
Fandango reported that
advance sales for it broke the record for a superhero movie two weeks before the movie's opening.
As reported by Erik Davis of
Fandango, Black Panther has officially outpaced every other superhero movie, ever in
advanced ticket sales!
That wasn't off any 5 PM preview projections last night; rather,
Fandango spotted
advance ticket sales for the movie pacing with My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ($ 17.8 M) and far ahead of older - skewing titles Last Vegas ($ 16.3 M) and Going in Style ($ 11.9 M).
Black Panther is outselling all previous superhero movies in
advance ticket sales on
Fandango and at the Alamo Drafthouse chain.
Advance ticket sales for the film recently broke a record on
Fandango by surpassing all previous films released in the first quarter.