'Avengers: Doomsday' tracks for $300M opening weekend on pre-sale surge

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With four months to go until the biggest box-office clash since "Barbenheimer" in 2023, both movies involved — Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three — have opened pre-sales. As expected, both films are fueling interest in each other, much like how Oppenheimer and Barbie did three years ago. Combined, those two hits grossed around $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office. Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three are all but guaranteed to beat this record. The Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpole is off to a flying start in box-office pre-sales, setting itself up for one of the biggest opening-weekend hauls of all time. This record was beaten only a few weeks ago by Spider-Man: Brand New Day , and Avengers: Doomsday is poised to generate similar attention in its opening frame this December.