New Delhi: Marvel fans are finding themselves in a virtual queue to grab tickets for the highly anticipated superhero film 'Avengers: Endgame'. BookMyShow has witnessed a record advance ticket sale with one million tickets sold in just over a day.
BookMyShow witnessed a peak of 18 tickets per second, even before the film releases in cinemas on April 26 in India in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Ashish Saksena, Chief Operating Officer - Cinemas, BookMyShow, said in a statement issued on Monday evening, "We expect 'Avengers: Endgame' to break more records as cinemas continue to open the advance bookings."
'Avengers: Endgame' is the 22nd film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the latest after 'Captain Marvel', which released last month.
The film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brie Larson, amongst others.
"'Avengers: Endgame' is not just a movie, it's an epic culmination of a decade-long journey which the fans have taken with us across 22 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The phenomenal interest shown by audiences across the country, is testament of how this is one of the most anticipated movies for the fans and we can't wait for them to watch it," said Bikram Duggal, Head - Studio Entertainment, Disney India.
The interest has been more in metropolitan cities like Delhi and Mumbai.
Rahul Kadbet, Vice President Programming, Carnival Cinemas, told IANS: "Around 2.25 lakh tickets have been sold which is about 74 per cent of the capacity for weekend. We have 1000+ shows per day for the movie in over 100 cities. Maximum tickets were sold in Delhi/NCR and Mumbai."
The rush for tickets for the film, which will show supervillain Thanos engaging in an epic battle with superheroes like Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, was anticipated.
The craze for the film has also made some fly to different cities.
With inputs from IANS.
