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Young Britons spend more on 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry tickets than on Hollywood blockbuster opening mornings

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.
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.
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.

Under-35s made up 55% of Monzo cardholders buying in the first hour of the British Museum's second ticket release last Wednesday. Spending hit £14,100, against £7,000 for The Odyssey's opening morning and £6,300 for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The average basket was £97, five times Spider-Man's £19. The second batch sold out within three hours.

Thousands queued online from 10am, and fans compared the rush to Glastonbury and the Oasis tour.

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