New Moon is Smashing Pre-sale Movie Ticket Records
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that New Moon is breaking pre-sale ticket records at Fandango, AMC and MovieTickets.com. Fandango says several thousand New Moon showtimes have already sold out.
According to Fandango, who notes that their numbers are increasing every second, several thousand New Moon showtimes have sold out, making it the most the company has ever sold prior to a film's release date. (And, yes, that means the film has even topped The Dark Knight, and movies from both the Harry Potter and Star Wars franchises.) AMC and MovieTickets.com report the same information. Both the movie chain and the online ticket buying service have said the film has broken records set by Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. (New Moon even nabbed the No. 1 spot on MovieTickets.com’s list of top 10 advance ticket sellers of all time, breaking a nearly five-year-old record set by Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. The service is also reporting over 2,150 sellouts for the film, with over 200 in Los Angeles and New York.)
It is pretty clear that the box office for New Moon is going to be very big. New Moon arrives in theatres Fridas, November 20th.
