Advance Harry Potter Sales On Torrid Pace
Posted on Jul 08, 2009 @ 07:29AM - Add a comment
Harry Potter's wizardry is working on the box office.
The upcoming installment in the popular franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is dominating advance sales at the box office, with numbers outpacing its 2007 release, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as current box office leader Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Online ticket merchant Fandago's Rick Butler said the film "is turning out to be one of our fastest-selling titles of the year."
Watchmen Shatters Records
Posted on Mar 05, 2009 @ 09:55AM - Add a comment
When it unspools for 1,600 midnight showings tonight, the superhero actioner Watchmen will have already broken one record: it is opening at 3,611 theaters tomorrow, the most for an R-rated film.
Compare that to the 656 midnight shows that put director Zack Snyder on the map exactly two years ago with his film 300. That sword-and-sandal epic earned $28 million the first day and $71 million the opening weekend. Look for this one to do about double that number.
Like Watchmen, 300 was a graphic novel adaptation.
