Avengers: Doomsday generated more than A$1 million in Australian ticket presales during its first 24 hours, according to figures supplied by Disney and reported by Variety Australia and ScreenHub on September 25.
Disney describes the result as Australia's biggest opening day for movie ticket presales in 2026 and the country's strongest 24-hour presale launch in five years. That ranking should retain its attribution: the comparison comes from Disney, and the announcement was not accompanied by a comprehensive public dataset independently reproducing every film in that five-year field.
A December blockbuster is selling itself in September
The timing is arguably more revealing than the headline number. Doomsday opens in Australia on December 17, meaning this demand is being measured almost three months before audiences can actually see the film.
Disney also built the ticket launch around another Avengers theatrical event. Australian sales began on September 24 alongside Avengers Endgame: Encore, the new theatrical presentation of the 2019 film. The rerelease includes an exclusive Doomsday preview, turning a return trip to Endgame into part of the marketing runway for its successor.
Endgame: Encore then opened at number one in Australia with A$2.53 million across the September 24-27 weekend. The combination is straightforward but effective: put Avengers back on cinema screens, attach new Doomsday material, and open advance sales for the next event at the same time.
Presales measure commitment, not the entire audience
The A$1 million figure gives Disney something more concrete than trailer views or social engagement. These are customers who have already bought tickets. But extremely early presales naturally skew toward the people most motivated to see a Marvel event regardless of how much time remains before release.
That makes the result useful without making it predictive on its own. December's eventual performance will depend on audiences who do not book months ahead, as well as reviews, word of mouth, competition and the number and type of sessions available around release.
The geography also matters. This particular figure covers Australia and the first 24 hours of this local sales launch. It is not a worldwide presale total and it is not box-office revenue from completed screenings. Disney had separately begun selling tickets in July for selected Infinity Vision premium-format locations.
Marvel has assembled a film designed to look like an event
Anthony and Joe Russo direct Doomsday after previously making Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito and Jonathan Schwartz are producing.
The announced ensemble includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Florence Pugh, Anthony Mackie, Tom Hiddleston, Paul Rudd and Sebastian Stan, alongside returning X-Men actors including Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and James Marsden. Marvel's official description frames the film around heroes from three distinct universes being placed on a collision course by an existential threat.
The crossover has also been built into the production itself. Kevin Feige previously confirmed that the Fantastic Four would interact with the Avengers and X-Men in Doomsday, noting that sets created for The Fantastic Four: First Steps were being populated by far more characters for the Avengers film.
Australia's first-day number cannot tell Disney what Doomsday will ultimately earn. What it does show is that a measurable group of moviegoers is willing to commit months early. The much larger test begins when Marvel has to turn that concentrated enthusiasm into a December audience beyond the people who were always going to be first in line.
