Fans eager to see “Dune: Part Three” on the biggest screens in December first had to survive the online ticket queue.
\n\nMany on social media reported long waits and ticketing site crashes Tuesday as they scrambled to snag seats for early IMAX 70 mm screenings in December.
\n\n“Am I tripping or did every website for Dune 3 IMAX 70MM crash?” an X user wrote.
\n\n“Help! Has anybody beaten this bug/error to secure Dune 3 tickets???” another person asked, sharing a screenshot of the Fandango site with a message that read: “Internal server error. Please try again.”
\n\n“I HAVE THREE DEVICES OPEN TRYING TO GET DUNE TICKETS AND NONE OF THEM WORK,” another X user said.
\n\nThe rollout is the latest sign of a growing frenzy around seeing major movies in specific premium formats, in which securing the right seat and screen has become an event of its own. A similar rush unfolded in June, when advance sales for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” overwhelmed AMC’s website, with some moviegoers reporting hourslong waits.
\n\n“Dune: Part Three” is the latest installment in Warner Bros. Pictures’ adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel set thousands of years in the future in a world devastated…
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