It isn’t even 11 a.m., but many Marvel fans have already had a long day.
Tickets for Avengers: Endgame went on sale this morning around 8 a.m. ET, and it seems that most major movie theater chains weren’t prepared to handle the influx of site traffic. The sites for AMC theaters, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Atom Tickets, and more ranged from incredibly slow to completely unresponsive.
Twitter quickly flooded with complaints from fans who were unable to get their hands on tickets. Many made jokes. …
Can’t believe #Thanos already won the #Endgame by destroying half of the AMC’s server!
— Shahab (@Shahab_ai) April 2, 2019
Maybe Thanos was right?
At least one benefit to half of the galaxy being snapped out of existence would be the ease in which you could preorder #AvengersEndgameTickets. pic.twitter.com/yoo88qCCvw
— Tim Melton (@MeltonTalks) April 2, 2019
Trying to get into AMC's website to buy #AvengersEndgametickets like pic.twitter.com/lnFiizTQ9Q
— M. Bison (@AnotherBodega) April 2, 2019
We are now having a live look from amc and fandango servers right now! It’s Crazy! #AvengersEngame #AvengersEndgametickets #AMC #Fandango pic.twitter.com/H8FFIsqqEx
— Julian (@_JulianTim_) April 2, 2019
at the moment#AvengersEngame #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/Hr9cdJUptQ
— Clara Bartnik (@ClaraBartnik) April 2, 2019
Only an hour wait… This is fine… #AvengersEndgametickets #thisisfine pic.twitter.com/BXX0d47tEj
— Matthew Fling (@MatthewFling) April 2, 2019
… while others tagged movie theaters and ticket services to share their complaints.
Not looking good for getting tickets for 15 & friends…? #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/39E81i1vaD
— Greg (@ALWearyDad) April 2, 2019
Why won't you take my money?!? @Fandango and @AMCTheatres #AvengersEndgametickets #AvengersEngame pic.twitter.com/1QkkL2u61V
— Martha N. TheJoneses (@CalladaTormenta) April 2, 2019
My god @Fandango over an hour wait, and then we choose our tickets but now waiting 15 minutes to choose our seats!!!! What is going on???? Are we gonna get kicked off of our 20 minutes and have to be on hold again??? You had a year! #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/BXZQpdAGaT
— Bethany Hensel (@bethanyhensel13) April 2, 2019
Pretty sure the AMC IT Department was dusted in the Thanos snap ?@AMCTheatres #AvengersEndgametickets #AvengersEngame pic.twitter.com/COb6XhnVjO
— The Roo (@TheRoo624) April 2, 2019
And the fans who did manage to get their hands on tickets? They’re celebrating.
Watching everyone struggle to get Endgame tickets while I already got mine #AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/GpvVUbTTM6
— Jesse⚡️ (@yuhboiJAF) April 2, 2019
This is me looking at all the people trying to get tickets right now after having gotten my 19 Imax tickets ??? #AvengersEndgametickets #AvengersEndgame pic.twitter.com/wsgo7Cfysu
— Alberto Vargas (@albert97vargas) April 2, 2019
How it feels to read tweets about #AvengersEndgametickets after you easily secured yours. pic.twitter.com/4Ojdw1cITa
— Angelica ? (@angeliKITTYx) April 2, 2019
Waited an hour AND IT WAS WORTH IT ??❤️#AvengersEndgametickets pic.twitter.com/vmxRRmRZIC
— Emm (@EmmmAcosta) April 2, 2019
FINALLY GOT MINE AFTER 2 HOURS OF WAITING LETS GO #avengersendgametickets pic.twitter.com/ZVNXd27MZ1
— Hans (@Hanzy_95) April 2, 2019
Endgame officially premieres on April 26, with preview showings the night of April 25. If you’re heading into the online melee in hopes of scoring opening-night seats, we wish you luck!