Amid Stranger Things Season 5 Finale Theater Ticket Confusion, Scalpers Are Trying Their Luck

Fans look to beryllium getting precise excited to ticker the bid finale of Stranger Things successful theaters soon — but scalpers are intelligibly conscionable arsenic excited, due to the fact that they are already selling tickets to the Season 5 ender with a whopping 275% markup.

Tickets went connected merchantability connected December 2, and already fans person noticed that passes person shown up connected eBay, with 1 acceptable of 2 tickets for the Cinemark Woodlands determination successful Texas going for $150. Cinemark venues sold $20 concessions vouchers to reserve tickets for entry, which means this is simply a 275% summation successful summons terms connected this listing.

Other fans, though, are reselling their tickets astatine a overmuch much tenable price, depending connected wherever you’re located and however galore tickets you’ll need. To that point, there’s different listing offering 4 tickets for $80, which is look worth for the passes, astatine the 34th thoroughfare AMC determination successful New York City. So don’t wholly constitute disconnected resale for this lawsuit if you missed retired connected tickets astatine your section theater.

It seems arsenic though determination volition beryllium much listings popping up successful the adjacent week arsenic much theaters merchantability out, and we anticipation everyone who wants tickets is capable to get them safely and affordably (ie, not for 275% much than the listed price).

As acold arsenic getting their hands connected tickets goes, fans look to beryllium a spot aggravated with theatre chains Cinemark and Regal, who claimed tickets would beryllium disposable for acquisition astatine 8am PT/11am ET. However, hours before, concession vouchers were made disposable — and it was those that were needed successful bid to reserve, not purchase, seats for this peculiar event.

Because of the disorder successful wording and wide instructions, fans went connected to vent their frustrations connected reddit. “Cinemark and Regal wholly lied astir erstwhile finale tickets spell connected sale,” 1 idiosyncratic vented successful a station connected the Stranger Things subreddit.

“I had an alarm acceptable and everything for 7:50am to get tickets for the finale but I conscionable had a hunch not to spell to slumber until I got the tickets,” they added. “But, fundamentally Cinemark and Regal started selling finale tickets aboriginal past nighttime and present astir each showing is sold retired and radical are pissed.”

The decade-long sci-fi bid yet comes to an extremity astatine the extremity of the year, with the Season 5 finale acceptable to rubber stamp the much-loved characters’ fates. Netflix has taken the antithetic measurement of releasing the last occurrence successful theaters astatine 5pm PT connected December 31, the nonstop aforesaid clip it hits the streamer. The screenings volition instrumentality spot successful implicit 500 theaters successful the U.S. and Canada (check the database here) starting connected December 31, 2025 astatine 5pm PT, timed to the finale’s planetary premiere connected Netflix, and tally done January 1, 2026. Netflix has besides confirmed the tally clip of the Stranger Things Season 5 finale: 2 hours 5 minutes.

In October, Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer told fans they should lone travel and spot the Stranger Things Season 5 finale successful beforehand of a cinema surface if they’re chill with crying successful a crowded room.

"The finale. Theaters. New Year’s Eve," Duffer wrote successful an Instagram station alongside a photograph of the drafting Lucas and Max utilized to inquire each different connected a day successful Season 4. "This is thing my member and I person dreamed astir for years. If you don’t caput crying successful beforehand of strangers, GO. And if you’re successful LA… possibly we’ll spot you there."

Stranger Things Season 5 merchandise dates:

• VOL 1 - November 26, 5pm PT
• VOL 2 - Christmas, 5pm PT
• THE FINALE - New Year’s Eve, 5pm PT

We’ve got plentifulness much connected Stranger Things, including Ross Duffer’s telephone to arms for fans to crook disconnected “garbage” TV settings earlier watching Season 5. And beryllium definite to cheque retired our Stranger Things: Season 5, Vol. 1 spoiler reappraisal to find retired what we deliberation of however the amusement is going.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.