Stranger Things finale is screening in even more theaters to meet huge demand

Stranger Things creator Ross Duffer has revealed that due to astonishing ticket sales, the series finale will screen in even more cinemas.

Stranger Things 5 has been a global event, with Volume 1 premiering on Netflix over Thanksgiving. Volume 2 landed on Christmas Day, and the climactic Volume 3 drops on New Year’s Eve in the US and New Year’s Day in the UK.

You can find details of when and where to watch that last episode – which is titled ‘The Rightside Up’ – in our Stranger Things finale watch guide.

While the feature-length instalment is also playing in cinemas, the number of screens is expanding thanks to unprecedented public demand.

3,500 Stranger Things screenings have already sold out

When first announced back in October, the Stranger Things finale was playing on 350 US screens. That number expanded to more than 500 when ticket sales opened in early December. And as the big day approaches, that number is rising to 620+ due to public demand.

Co-creator Ross Duffer took to Instagram to celebrate those sales and announce the further expansion.

“Over 1.1 million of you have already RSVP-ed to the finale screenings on NYE and New Year’s Day,” Duffer writes. “And more than 3,500 showtimes across 620+ theaters are already completely full. What a way to close out a 10-year journey – together.”

Duffer adds that he and brother/co-creator Matt will be attending select Los Angeles screenings by ending with: “Maybe we’ll see some of you in LA.”

Finale has sold more tickets than K-Pop Demon Hunters

As for how that compares with similarly themed theatrical rollouts, Deadline reports – as per EntTelligence – that: “The admissions for [the] Stranger Things finale is ahead of where K-Pop Demon Hunters was two days before its theatrical opening (700K pre-sales) and behind that of Sony/Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (1.7M admissions).”

Though the outlet adds that while the K-Pop Demon Hunters was a two-day event and the Demon Slayer opening weekend three days long, Stranger Things will be spending slightly less time in cinemas, dropping at 5pm on New Year’s Eve – in line with the Netflix premiere – and then concluding the next day.