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‘New Moon’ ticket sales in orbit
Shane Wright was a concession stand clerk the last time a midnight showing sold out at Showcase Huber Heights.
“It was Star Wars II” (2002), Wright said.
Now the theater’s manager, he reported on Tuesday, Nov. 11, that the 12:01 a.m. Nov. 19 premiere of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” was already sold out.
“Our second showing is still 82 percent available, but I think that may go, too. We will keep adding showings until we run out of prints,” he said. “Start times will each be five minutes later than the previous one.”
Based on a best-selling novel in Stephenie Meyer’s series, “New Moon” is the sequel to “Twilight,” which raked in almost $384 million worldwide in 2008.
Online merchant movietickets.com told CNN on Wednesday, Nov. 11, that 74 percent of its sales this week had been for “New Moon.” The sequel had sold more than four times as many seats as “Twilight” had at this point. Nationally, more than 1,300 showings were sold out.
Dayton area ticket buyers have also been ravenous at Regal Hollywood 20 in Fairfield Commons, where the premiere was posted as sold out on line as of Tuesday, Nov. 10. Seats were still available for future screenings.
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By Team Edward
November 11, 2009 8:32 AM | Link to this
Stoked for this movie; doesn’t surprise me sales are through the roof. This franchise has the right components to hit the biggest movie-going audience.
By Team Jacob
November 11, 2009 9:22 AM | Link to this
I can’t wait to see this movie! It looks like it’ll be awesome!!!
By kassy
November 11, 2009 7:23 PM | Link to this
i hate this the tickets are all sold out i am realy mad “i am a really really big fan of twilight i love itt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Love them ALL
November 17, 2009 3:06 PM | Link to this
Can’t wait for Friday!!! I’ve got my tickets already! I’m sooooooo Excited!