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Author Topic: Star Wars Advance Ticket Sales Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 05-03-2005 09:53 PM                     Being just over two weeks out from Episode III I was wondering how everyone's advanced tickets are going. Our sales are slowly picking up everyday, I think as word gets out that we are selling tickets it will get much busier. Even though we have posters everywhere, its on our answering machine...but its slowly picking up. Also, we began selling advanced tickets April 22nd. SO the question is, how are your tickets doing, when did you start selling them and are the sales picking up or declining?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-04-2005 11:33 AM                        Last week I bought 20 tickets for a company field trip to an 11:30AM show on Friday 5/20 at Cinemark 17 in Springfield. As of then, the theater had sold 170+ tickets for that show. Their online ticketing says there are still seats available today.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-04-2005 01:43 PM                     Apparently we must not be ready to sell yet. A woman came in last night and gave are third guy in charge some hastle about that. In past years we were ready well in advance. Not sure whats happening this year.  |  IP: Logged Chris Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Fairport, NY, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-04-2005 01:51 PM                        Sales are slow so far but as Kurt said, as we get closer, I'm sure things will pick up. Right now we've sold about 60% of our 400 seat aud doing a midnight showing, and we have another one almost totally full still. Wouldnt be surprised if they're both close to sold out that week though.  |  IP: Logged Chase Hanson Expert Film Handler Posts: 172 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 05-04-2005 05:43 PM                     Last I was told it was about 1000 tickets, roughly 800 for the midnight showing.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-04-2005 09:52 PM                    Most folks probably figure we aren't running a midnite because we're never open late, so those tickets are going slowly. But tickets for the weekend are going a bit faster.  |  IP: Logged David Yauch Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Mesa, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2004 posted 05-09-2005 10:43 PM                     We've sold just over 1100 for the midnight, nearly 2000 in all.  |  IP: Logged Brandon Willis Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Richmond, VA, USA Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-10-2005 12:19 AM                     We are already sold out for our Midnight show the evening of Wednesday May 18. We've also sold out a few shows on the 19th.  |  IP: Logged Stephen LaPadula Film Handler Posts: 50 From: New York, Ny Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-11-2005 01:18 PM                     My theatre has a little over 5000 tickets sold for Wednesday night through Sunday, and 7 sold out 12:01 shows, with a several sold out throughout the weekend--we will be using 6 prints, one of them digital. I talked to a manager of the Empire 25 and he said they had over 6000 tickets sold for Wednesday night and Thursday. He said they would be getting up to 16 prints, 2 of them digital, but moviephone doesnt reflect that many showtimes. Maybe they will add more in the next week. Both of us should be pretty busy either way.  |  IP: Logged Kyle McTague Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Lafayette, Indiana, USA Registered: Sep 2004 posted 05-13-2005 03:38 PM                     We're not getting it but I've probly had about 500 ppl ask me about advance tickets  |  IP: Logged Cam Jones Film Handler Posts: 35 From: Calgary, AB, Canada Registered: Sep 2004 posted 05-13-2005 11:38 PM                     401 for 12:01 show (sold out) and the second 12:02 show is nearly filled too (400)  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-14-2005 03:31 AM                     After putting the midnight show announcement on the recording last night we sold 30 seats in about an hour. It's gonna be fun!  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-14-2005 09:23 AM                     AMC Lennox 24 is running 24 hour Star Wars beginning with the 12:01 show. This is the closest theatre to Ohio State University.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-14-2005 12:27 PM                        Cinemark 17 in Springfield has added 2 more prints since a week ago, for 6 total, with 3 of 6 midnight shows late Weds. sold out as of now. Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene is getting 2 prints. They only have 1 midnight show listed, and it's sold out. Carmike 12 in Corvallis is getting 4 prints. All 4 midnight shows are sold out. (They're displaying the THX logo even though that location is not THX'd. Naughty Carmike.)  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-15-2005 07:23 AM                        Megaplex Theatres of Salt Lake City has sold out 17 midnight showings at Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons, 12 midnight showings at Megaplex 12 at the Gateway, and 4 midnight shows at Megaplex 8 at Thanksgiving Point (a fifth is on sale, and they'll keep adding screens until they all sell out). They've sold out an additional 26 showings out of 72 scheduled on Thursday during regular (extended) hours between the three plexes, 19 on Friday, and another 35 on Saturday.  |  IP: Logged

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