According to Atom Tickets, Rise of Skywalker sold 45% more tickets in it’s first hour of pre-sales than Avengers Endgame did.
As it stands, Atom Tickets’ top five movies with the best first day of pre-sales are as follows:
- Avengers: Endgame
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- Aquaman
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Avengers: Infiniti War
Endgame in the days prior to its April 26 opening had amassed an estimated $120M+ in presales before the film even projected on screen. That figure outstripped Star Wars: Force Awakens’ presales of $100M+ (opening weekend $247.9M). Off Endgame‘s lofty presale numbers, many anticipated a $300M+ all-time record opening and that’s exactly what happened with $357.1M in U.S./Canada.