Avengers: Endgame tickets presale crashes AMC Theaters site and creates hours-long waits on Fandango as opening night seats are trading for $500 a piece on Ebay
- Presale tickets for Avengers: Endgame went on sale on Tuesday morning
- The heavy traffic for tickets crashed the AMC theaters website and created hours-long waits on ticket sale site Fandango
- Furious Marvel fans took to Twitter to vent their fury over the ticket process
- Following presale, opening night tickets were put on Ebay for up to $500 a piece
- The latest installment in the Avengers saga will open in Friday April 27
Presale ticket sales opened on Tuesday morning for the highly anticipated latest Avengers film, but the chaotic demand sent servers crashing down as fans flocked online to grab their seats.
The rush to purchase the presale tickets caused the AMC Theaters website and app to crash, created hours-long waits at ticket website Fandango, and created issues on the Regal Cinemas and Atom Tickets apps.
And the tickets went so fast, they're being sold on eBay for as high as $500 a piece.
Fans took to Twitter to vent about the long wait saying: 'Successfully booking tickets for endgame was more challenging than the Avengers actually defeating Thanos'.
Presale tickets for Avengers: Endgame went on sale on Tuesday morning and the demand for the coveted seats was so intense, it crashed the AMC Theaters website and led to hours-long delays on Fandango
Following the presale, opening night tickets were put up on Ebay for up to $500 a piece. Two of the priciest tickets were for seats at opening night at LA's Chinese Theater, Brooklyn's Kent Theater, and Manhattan's Union Square Regal Theater
Furious Marvel fans took to Twitter to vent their fury over the ticket process
AMC apologized for the crashed website saying 'looks like we've gotten Thanos' snap'
The movie Avengers: Endgame will open in Friday April 27.
The traffic for presale tickets was so congested on Tuesday AMC tweeted announcing that their system crashed, and joked that they were hit by Thanos' wrath.
'We want everyone to be able to grab their Angers: Endgame tickets, but it looks like we've Thanos' snap. We're working on getting things back up and running, and in the meantime, please keep trying out website and our partner sites,' AMC posted Tuesday.
Fans in line were 'paused' and were forced to wait for hours to get through the system.
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Fans took to Twitter to vent about the long wait saying: 'Successfully booking tickets for endgame was more challenging than the Avengers actually defeating Thanos'
Furious! Fans vented about waiting in line for tickets for an hour only for the system to crash once they got to the check out line
Not-so-patiently waiting: This Twitter user tried to get tickets on Fandango and AMC only to be left waiting
You had one job! This fan posted this meme featuring Marvel character Loki to voice her fury
Breakdown: Issues were also reported on the Regal Cinemas and Atom Tickets apps
This is fine: This Twitter user shared this meme to encapsulate her feelings
The endless wait: While the wait online for the presale tickets were long, the weekend is expected to be the highest grossing opening weekend for the series
Marvel fans were shocked to see just how overpriced opening tickets were sold for on ebay
This fan joked that seats for the movie disappeared just like the enemies of Thanos
Box Office Pro forecast opening-weekend sales to hit $265million in North America, which would surpass the record $257.7million made opening weekend of the film's predecessor 'Inifinity War', according to Bloomberg.
Infinity Wars has made more than $2billion for Disney and is on its way to becoming the fourth-highest grossing film of all time, as per Fortune.
As of Tuesday afternoon the most expensive ticket on eBay set prices at $500 for opening night seats in Brooklyn's Kent Theater and Los Angeles' famous TCL Chinese Theater. Another ticket is going for $250 for an opening night seat in New York City's Union Square Regal movie theater location.
Many angry Twitter users shared screen shots of their paused and crashed orders on Fandango and AMC and memes to poke fun at the chaotic presale.
