AMC Says Dune: Part Three Ticket Traffic Tripled Spider-Man Launch, Causing App Outages
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AMC Says Dune: Part Three Ticket Traffic Tripled Spider-Man Launch, Causing App Outages
AMC CEO Adam Aron said demand for Dune: Part Three tickets briefly slowed or glitched AMC's online ticketing systems, with the heaviest demand for IMAX screenings and popular AMC locations.
AMC said ticketing traffic was roughly three times the volume at the launch of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, 2026's highest-grossing film so far.
More than 1,000 Downdetector reports followed the ticket drop, mostly citing AMC mobile app failures such as crashes, "Failed to fetch" messages, and rate-limit errors; conditions appeared to improve after about an hour.
Fandango digital queues exceeded one hour, while some IMAX 70mm Dune: Part Three tickets appeared on eBay listings for $200 each.
Dune: Part Three opens against Avengers: Doomsday, but Dune will hold domestic IMAX screens in its opening weeks while Doomsday has none.