'Dark Knight' Jumps to No. 4 Performing Film of All-Time on MovieTickets.com. LOS ANGELES, July 21
LOS ANGELES, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieTickets.com
(www.movietickets.com) sold more than one million tickets Thursday to Sunday,
including more than 20 tickets per second during peak times, as "The Dark
Knight" descended on the box office this weekend.
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The world's most powerful Internet ticketing service set four all-time
records between Friday and Sunday, including single-day and opening-weekend
records site-wide and for a single film.
"This film set a milestone for online ticketing," said Joel Cohen,
executive vice president and general manager for MovieTickets.com. "This is
the third film in three years to break these coveted records. The fact we're
seeing these records fall so often really speaks to the increasing role of
online movie ticketing."
Behind the strength of its record-breaking weekend, "The Dark Knight" is
currently the online ticketing provider's No. 4 Performing Film of All-Time:
MovieTickets.com's Top-5 Performing Films of All-Time
1.Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2.Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4.The Dark Knight
5.The Passion of The Christ
For more information or to speak with a MovieTickets.com representative,
contact Formula at (310) 578-7050 or via e-mail at mayer@formulapr.com.
MovieTickets.com exhibitors include: Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters),
Access Digital Theatres, Alco Theaters, All Star Entertainment, AMC Theatres,
Amherst Cinema Art Center, Arena Grand Theatre (Columbus Hospitality), Ashbrie
Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters (Movies at Midway), Atlas Cinemas, B&B Theaters,
Bank Street Theatre, Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr
Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas,
Cinema Centers, Cinema Four-Quad (Quad Cinema), Cinemagic Movies, Cinemagic
Theatres (MN), Cinemall, Cineplex Odeon, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas,
Cleveland Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres, Cornelius Cinemas, Dickinson
Theatres, Dipson Theatres, Discovery Theater, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores
(O'Neil Theaters NE), Emagine Entertainment (Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment
Retail (Hollywood Hits), Elvis Cinemas, Eveningstar Cinema, Famous Players,
Film Forum, Fine Arts Theatre - Beverly Hills, Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Foxmoor
Movies, Frank Theaters, Funasia Theaters, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy
Cinemas (GA), Galaxy Cinemas (NC), Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville
Cinemas (Camelot Cinemas), Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Harrisonville
Cinema, HLB Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinema 9,
Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Howell Theater, IFC Center, Island Cinemas, Jarvis
Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), K&G Theaters (Bloomfield 8),
Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz Theatres), M Park 4,
Main Street Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres , Marcus Theatres, Marquee
Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, Mission Grove Theaters, MJR Theatres, MnM
Theatres, Moore Family Theaters, Movie Tavern, MovieMax Theatres, NAOS
Entertainment, Narberth Theatre, National Amusements, Nelsonville Movies 10,
North American Cinema, Oasis Cinema, Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres
(Louisiana), Pacific Theatres, Paris Theater, Penn Cinema, Phoenix Theatres
(MI), Phoenix Theatres (TN), Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Quarry
Cinemas, Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA
(City Cinemas, Angelika), Regency 8 Cinema, Rio Entertainment, Riviera
Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres,
Sea Turtle Cinemas, ShowBiz Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Silver Screen Cinemas,
Silver Screen Partners, Spotlight Theatres, Star Vu Drive-In, Starplex
Cinemas, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Tango Theaters, Tower Theaters,
Trans-Lux Cinemas, UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters, Warren Theatres,
Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the world's most powerful
Internet movie ticketing service, offers moviegoers a convenient way to buy
movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets
online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at
MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at
MovieTickets.ie; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at
mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000,
MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media
Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL), National Amusements, Famous Players, Marcus Theatres
(NYSE: MCS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and America Online, and leverages the
collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie
ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently
represents over 50 percent of the top 50 and over 50 percent of the top 100
grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com
theater chain group, which includes 128 theater chains, is about five times
the number of chains of its nearest competitor.
SOURCE MovieTickets.com
