Take that Bella and Edward! Just when we all thought The Twilight Saga was poised to shove Harry Potter aside and take full command of the Tween-iverse, Fandango (hey, that's us!) is reporting that advanced ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are on track to beat Twilight and take over the third spot on their all-time advanced ticket-sellers list, behind only The Dark Knight and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Just check out some of these stats on the film so far …
The sixth Harry Potter movie currently represents:
• One of the fastest-selling titles in Fandango's nine year history, on track to replace Twilight as the company's third top-selling advance ticketer (following Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and The Dark Knight, occupying the #1 and #2 spots, respectively).
• A higher number of advance tickets sold for Harry Potter 6 than sold for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Iron Man or Sex and the City at the same point in the sales cycle on Fandango.
• 96% of daily ticket sales on Fandango.
Advance buzz on Half-Blood Prince is extremely high, and people have been waiting an extra long time to see it (considering it was supposed to be released last November) – both of which combined make for a pretty frenzied scene as theater owners hurry to add additional shows in advance of Potter's return to theaters tomorrow at midnight.
