Spider-Man 3 advance tickets set new records
Fandango, the phone and online advance movie ticket source, sent out a press release saying that as of 9 this morning, Pacific time, 94% of all weekly ticket sales online were for Spider-Man 3. Most of the Thursday midnight shows around the country have sold out, and lots of theaters added 3 AM shows.
As comparison, Fandango reports that SM3 is selling six times as many tickets as SM2, and two and a half times as many tickets as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest at the same point in their sales cycles.
In an online poll, Fandango asked moviegoers their thoughts about possible Spider-Man movies in the future. In responding to the poll, 58% of fans said they would not consider buying a ticket to a fourth Spider-Man movie with someone other than Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. Also, 52% of fans said they would not consider buying a ticket to a fourth Spider-Man movie if it were directed by someone other than Sam Raimi.
I was hoping to take my godson to the Saturday IMAX showing at the Palisades Mall, either before or after we celebrate Free Comic Book Day… but all the IMAX shows are sold out on Saturday (and most of the shows there on Sunday are sold out as well).
There's a multiplex (24 theaters) that's somewhat near me. They have listings for 36 showings for Friday. It's mostly every 20 minutes (a couple of breaks are longer, 30-40 minutes) between 10 am and 12:40 am the next day. Yikes.
Oh, and I managed to get a ticket for 11:40 am.
I'm going tonight!