The MovieTickets.com Top 10 Pre-Sale List of All-Time
1. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"
2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
3. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
4. "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour"
5. "The Matrix Reloaded"
6. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
7. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
8. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones"
9. "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers"
10. "Sex and the City: The Movie"
A list that is interestingly missing six - Spider-Man 3, Shrek The Third, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, X-Men: The Last Stand, Indiana Jones IV, and Iron Man - of the Top Ten Openings of the last 3 years (before that, it would seem unfair to expect even the biggest openers to break into this list, as the technology was young). This might be because Fandango had a significantly larger number of the theaters playing those films. But it's still interesting.
And note that amongst some of the biggest openings of all time, their #4 biggest pre-sale led to "just" a $31.1 million opening.
So what does the pre-sale success of S&TC mean?
I would argue that grown women committed to going and utilized their credit cards more aggressively than teen boys do... as they did in order to take their daughters to see the Miley Cyrus concert film.
What do you think?
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