‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Has Already Made $50 Million in Pre-Sales, Three Months Before Release

Doomsday typically indicates disaster, but for Marvel Studios that term is forecasting booming box office.

Disney reports that the next entry in the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe “Avengers: Doomsday,” has already made $50 million in domestic pre-sales, three months before the movie’s Dec. 18 release date. The

The news was announced Wednesday by Walt Disney Company senior executive VP & Chief Financial Officer, Hugh Johnston, at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, “Avengers: Doomsday” sees massive assembly of MCU superheroes, including the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts and the original “X-Men,” teaming up to face their most formidable foe yet: Victor Von Doom. Robert Downey Jr. returns to play the franchise’s new Big Bad after Tony Stark/Iron Man, died at at the end of “Avengers: Endgame.”