The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry drew double the ticket spending of Spider-Man and the person opening mornings, bank data shows
Visitors outside the British Museum in September. The second batch of Bayeux Tapestry tickets sold out within three hours, with under-35s accounting for 55% of first-hour buyers.Tom Holland starred in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, whose opening morning generated £6,300 — less than half the £14,100 spent on Bayeux Tapestry tickets in the same window.
More than half of the buyers, 55 per cent, were under 35. They stormed a virtual queue when the British Museum's second ticket release opened at 10am last Wednesday. Monzo cardholders spent £14,100 in the first hour, 48 times a normal Wednesday morning. The total hit £30,500 within two hours, and the second batch sold out in under three.
Buyers averaged £97 at the checkout, against just £19 on Spider-Man's opening morning.
Two hours of tapestry sales beat a Saturday night at Koko, Fabric and four other clubs.
One TikTok user called the scramble 'history nerd ticket hunger games'.
