Spider-Man: No Way Home crashed movie theater sites early Monday.
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Marvel and MCU fans may remember that the release of tickets for Avengers: Endgame did a number on cinema ticket sites across the US in 2019. It looks like Spider-Man: No Way Home did precisely the same thing late Sunday, with fans online saying both AMC and Fandango were down as a result of the demand.
As of early Monday, the websites of AMC, Atom, Fandango, Cinemark and Alamo Drafthouse all appeared to be up and running again.
Fandango, AMC, and Cinemarks website crashed.. I just want my Spider-Man tickets😭
— Lucila Barrera (@Lucila_Barrera_) November 29, 2021
The release of an NFT could be partly to blame. Earlier on Sunday AMC announced that the first 86,000 “AMC Stubs A-List, Premiere, or Investor Connect members” who purchased or reserved tickets for a Dec. 16 showing of Spider-Man would receive an “eco-friendly” Spider-Man NFT for their troubles. Hard to say if this had any impact on the AMC site going down, but it most likely didn’t help. AMC and Fandango didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Beyond AMC, the demand for Spider-Man: No Way Home tickets appeared to be affecting almost every preorder service out there, with reports that sites like Drafthouse also experienced difficulties.
Also Monday, No Way Home producer Amy Pascal reportedly confirmed that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are “getting ready to make the next Spider-Man movie.”