Demand for tickets to the much-anticipated superhero movie Avengers: Endgame has crashed cinema operators' websites here.Meanwhile, sellers have appeared on online marketplaces like Carousell, offering tickets for sought-after time slots at many times their original price.The issue seems to have affected the online platforms of the major chains, including Golden Village, Shaw Theatres, Cathay Cineplexes, and Filmgarde Cineplexes.
A GV spokesman said:"With the overwhelming demand for tickets to Avengers: Endgame, our website experienced extremely high traffic and customers had to wait longer than usual to purchase their tickets."A spokesman for Shaw said:"Shaw Theatres has activated our queue system for public access to our website and for online bookings for all movie titles, including Avengers: Endgame.
Avengers fan Karen Lai, 43, had been trying to use the websites of major cinema chains to purchase sought-after April 24 evening-slot tickets, but had either been put in a queue or seen her browser freeze when completing the transaction. On Carousell, a user named"ulath" was trying to sell two tickets at $888. They are for the 2.50pm slot at Cathay Cineplex Jem on April 27, a Saturday. Users have responded to the seller with jokes and teasing.On a brighter note, GV said it sold over 15,000 tickets in the first hour, surpassing all previous advance ticket sales records for a single movie.
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