Advance IMAX screenings for Dune: Part Three, due out on 18 December, have been all but snapped up by scalpers within hours of tickets going on sale on 18 August, despite the film's release still being four months away. AMC's CEO said demand overwhelmed the company's systems, with bots and bulk-buying scalpers securing hundreds of tickets before ordinary fans could get near them, leaving many unable to attend the premium screenings without paying inflated resale prices.

AMC reported website and app traffic roughly three times higher than for the recent Spider-Man ticket launch, yet even repeated retries failed fans as automated bots and in-person scalpers bought tickets in bulk, including one buyer reportedly seen purchasing 80 tickets at a single New York cinema. Some of these tickets have since appeared on eBay for over $150. Fans are now reporting scalper listings to AMC, whose terms of service ban reselling above face value and allow cancellation of tickets when seat, venue and time details are disclosed, though this offers no guarantee against further scalping.