The “Ant-Man” star said if he wasn’t able to get the winners tickets, he’d take them instead of his family “because I only get a very small allotment.”

Paul Rudd auctioned off Avengers: Doomsday premiere tickets without asking Marvel: ‘I’m hoping it’s okay’

The "Ant-Man" star said if he wasn't able to get the winners tickets, he'd take them instead of his family "because I only get a very small allotment."

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- Paul Rudd auctioned off tickets to the *Avengers: Doomsday* premiere without asking Marvel.

- "I'm hoping it's okay," he said.

- If not, the *Ant-Man* actor said he'll take the winners instead of his family "because I only get a very small allotment.”

Oh snap! Paul Rudd may have just landed himself in some *marvelous* trouble.

The *Ant-Man *actor revealed that he recently auctioned off tickets to attend the world premiere of *Avengers: Doomsday** *as part of a Big Slick Celebrity Weekend charity event — without asking Marvel for its approval first.

“Someone bought the tickets — get ready for this — for $100,000,” host Jimmy Fallon noted on Tuesday’s episode of *The Tonight Show**. *

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“I mean, it’s so crazy that that kind of caught on, because I didn’t even ask Marvel, I just auctioned them off,” Rudd replied. “So I’m hoping it’s okay.”

When asked by a surprised Fallon what he plans to do if he can’t bring the winners with him, Rudd simply responded, “Well then my family’s not going because I only get a very small allotment.”

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Which is totally fine, because “we all know Marvel’s not secretive or anything,” Fallon teased.

“No, no, they don’t care,” Rudd quipped. “Yeah, they’ll let anybody in. And just tweet whatever you want.”

The money spent on the tickets is going to a good cause. The Big Slick — which was co-founded seventeen years ago by Rudd, Rob Riggle, and Jason Sudeikis — raises funds for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

What started as a poker tournament has since expanded to include a big show, a baseball game, and more. “Our goal was that first year to hopefully raise $50,000. We exceeded that. We made almost $100,000,” Rudd said. “Then we thought, ‘Oh, we should try and do this again next year.’ Our families help volunteer. They run it with us.”

He continued, “And then we brought on Eric Stonestreet, Dave Koechner, Heidi Gardner — also all from Kansas City — and their families, and now, this many years later, we’re almost at $40 million raised thanks to the amazing people of Kansas City who support it.”

And at least one of those lucky people will be (hopefully) attending the *Doomsday* premiere with Rudd. The upcoming *Avengers* film follows on the heels of *Fantastic Four: the First Steps *and *Spider-Man: Brand New Day *and is set to introduce Robert Downey Jr.’s Victor Von Doom.

Joining Rudd and Downey on the adventure is a pantheon of star-studded actors including Chris Evans, Patrick Stewart, Simu Liu, Anthony Mackie, Vanessa Kirby, Chris Hemsworth, Rebecca Romijn, Pedro Pascal, Florence Pugh, Tenoch Huerta, and more.

*Avengers: Doomsday* explodes into theaters on Dec. 18. Watch Rudd talk about his charity in the clip above.

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