Marvel fans will not have to wait until December to start planning their Avengers: Doomsday theater trip. Disney is opening premium ticket sales for the film on Monday, July 20, at 11 AM ET, on Fandango, and your local theater, five months ahead of the movie’s December 18 release. We have spotted screening times being added to Fandango and Harkins Theatres already.
This early sale is specifically for Infinity Vision theaters, Disney’s newly created premium large format designation for select Doomsday screenings. The Infinity Vision brand was introduced after Warner Bros. locked down exclusive IMAX access for Dune: Part Three for three weeks following both films’ shared December 18 release date. General ticket sales for standard formats have not been announced and will likely follow closer to the film’s release.
Disney is also opening Infinity Vision tickets on July 20 for Avengers: Endgame Encore, a theatrical re-release of Endgame arriving September 25 with new footage and an exclusive post-credits scene that connects directly into Doomsday.
Why Disney Is Selling Tickets So Early – Opening premium ticket sales nearly five months before release is an unusually aggressive move, even for a franchise as large as the Avengers. The early rollout follows a similar strategy from Universal, which put select IMAX tickets for The Odyssey on sale roughly a year in advance. For Disney, the early Infinity Vision sale also lands just days ahead of Marvel Studios’ Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, where the first full Doomsday trailer is expected to debut.
There is also a bigger competitive story behind the timing. Avengers: Doomsday shares its December 18 release date with Dune: Part Three, and Warner Bros. has locked down roughly 400 IMAX screens across North America for three weeks surrounding that shared opening weekend. That leaves Disney’s biggest Marvel event in years without access to traditional IMAX for its own release. We covered this showdown back in April, dubbing it DunesDay, and Infinity Vision is Disney’s answer, a premium large format built specifically to compete for screens that Dune has already claimed. You can read our full breakdown here: Dunesday December 18, 2026: Avengers Doomsday and Dune Part Three Are on a Collision Course.
Along with the ticket news, Disney has listed a preliminary runtime of 165 minutes, or two hours and 45 minutes, for Avengers: Doomsday. That places the film longer than Avengers: Infinity War’s 149 minutes but shorter than Avengers: Endgame’s 181 minutes. The runtime could still shift slightly before the film’s final cut is locked, but selling tickets on a set schedule means any changes from here are expected to be minor.
