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- Avengers: Doomsday domestic ticket pre-sales crossed $50 million with more than three months remaining before its December 18, 2026 theatrical debut, when it opens against Denis Villeneuve's third Dune film on IMAX screens
- Premium-format demand dominates the pre-sale mix, with over 70% of Doomsday ticket sales going to Marvel's 'Infinity Vision' format
- The July Doomsday trailer ranked as the second-biggest movie trailer launch of all time and Disney's most-viewed trailer in company history
- The Endgame: Encore re-release trailer earned 77 million views in its first 24 hours — over four times larger than any re-release trailer ever — ahead of the extended Endgame's September 25 theatrical return
- Marvel's five-hour-plus cast-unveiling livestream, featuring actor names on the backs of set chairs, netted 275 million digital views and 3.1 million social mentions
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day set the biggest Marvel opening weekend ever at $360 million, dethroning Avengers: Endgame's $357.1 million April 2019 record, after pulling in $150 million in advance ticket sales by the Thursday before its July 31 opening
- Marvel content on Disney+ hit over 420 million hours in August — Disney+'s highest-ever monthly hours total — driven by a 200-million-hour lift from Marvel titles tied to the Doomsday release, the largest theatrical-driven lift the platform has recorded
Why it matters: With $50 million in domestic pre-sales already locked in three months early and premium-format demand above 70%, Marvel enters the December 18, 2026 corridor in its strongest commercial position since Endgame — and the Spider-Man: Brand New Day–driven Disney+ surge shows that pre-release streaming engagement is now functioning as a measurable box-office catalyst, not just a marketing afterthought.
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