Fandango: Harry Potter Advance Tickets are Soaring -Press Release
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Fandango: Harry Potter Advance Tickets are Soaring
LOS ANGELES, July 1st - Despite not opening for nearly another two weeks in US theatres, the advance ticket sales for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are amazingly strong, with ticket and entertainment site Fandango reporting that sales of the film are currently amounting to 28% of overall sales on the site.
The site has also surveyed around 2,000 people planning to see the new Harry Potter film with these results:
- Only a third of the respondents are children – a full half are between 18-34 years old
- 40% plan to see the film in both standard cinemas and in the IMAX format
- 86% have read all the Harry Potter books while 83% have seen of the films in a theatre.
- Around half have stated the release date change from November 2008 to July 2009 has not affect their interest in the film, while around a third (32%) are even more excited than they were before.
People buying tickets for the film via Fandango will also now received a free download of the song ‘Friends and Love’ which is feature on the soundtrack of the film itself. You can find details of the promotion at: www.fandango.com/promo/harrypotter.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is based off the sixth Harry Potter book of the same name. The film is 153 minutes long making it the fourth longest of the series.
About Fandango:
Selling tickets to more than 16,000 movie screens across America, Fandango is the top movie and entertainment destination on the internet today. The site allows users to quickly select a film and book tickets in advance, choosing their own time and date for the performance. The service is available at http://www.fandango.com and through 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango is a unit of Comcast Interactive Media.
For further information please contact:
harry.medved@fandango.com
http://www.fandango.com
Press Release Written by: Staff From Press Release Services
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