Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Star Wars Advance Ticket Sales

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 05-03-2005, 09:53 PM:

Being just over two weeks out from Episode III I was wondering how everyone's advanced tickets are going. Our sales are slowly picking up everyday, I think as word gets out that we are selling tickets it will get much busier. Even though we have posters everywhere, its on our answering machine...but its slowly picking up. Also, we began selling advanced tickets April 22nd.

SO the question is, how are your tickets doing, when did you start selling them and are the sales picking up or declining?

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 05-04-2005, 11:33 AM:

Last week I bought 20 tickets for a company field trip to an 11:30AM show on Friday 5/20 at Cinemark 17 in Springfield. As of then, the theater had sold 170+ tickets for that show. Their online ticketing says there are still seats available today.

Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 05-04-2005, 01:43 PM:

Apparently we must not be ready to sell yet. A woman came in last night and gave are third guy in charge some hastle about that. In past years we were ready well in advance. Not sure whats happening this year.

Posted by Chris Brown (Member # 2800) on 05-04-2005, 01:51 PM:

Sales are slow so far but as Kurt said, as we get closer, I'm sure things will pick up. Right now we've sold about 60% of our 400 seat aud doing a midnight showing, and we have another one almost totally full still. Wouldnt be surprised if they're both close to sold out that week though.

Posted by Chase Hanson (Member # 2779) on 05-04-2005, 05:43 PM:

Last I was told it was about 1000 tickets, roughly 800 for the midnight showing.

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 05-04-2005, 09:52 PM:

Most folks probably figure we aren't running a midnite because we're never open late, so those tickets are going slowly. But tickets for the weekend are going a bit faster.

Posted by David Yauch (Member # 2754) on 05-09-2005, 10:43 PM:

We've sold just over 1100 for the midnight, nearly 2000 in all.

Posted by Brandon Willis (Member # 2345) on 05-10-2005, 12:19 AM:

We are already sold out for our Midnight show the evening of Wednesday May 18. We've also sold out a few shows on the 19th.

Posted by Stephen LaPadula (Member # 3050) on 05-11-2005, 01:18 PM:

My theatre has a little over 5000 tickets sold for Wednesday night through Sunday, and 7 sold out 12:01 shows, with a several sold out throughout the weekend--we will be using 6 prints, one of them digital.

I talked to a manager of the Empire 25 and he said they had over 6000 tickets sold for Wednesday night and Thursday. He said they would be getting up to 16 prints, 2 of them digital, but moviephone doesnt reflect that many showtimes. Maybe they will add more in the next week.

Both of us should be pretty busy either way.

Posted by Kyle McTague (Member # 2673) on 05-13-2005, 03:38 PM:

We're not getting it but I've probly had about 500 ppl ask me about advance tickets

Posted by Cam Jones (Member # 2684) on 05-13-2005, 11:38 PM:

401 for 12:01 show (sold out) and the second 12:02 show is nearly filled too (400)

Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 05-14-2005, 03:31 AM:

After putting the midnight show announcement on the recording last night we sold 30 seats in about an hour.
It's gonna be fun!

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 05-14-2005, 09:23 AM:

AMC Lennox 24 is running 24 hour Star Wars beginning with the 12:01 show. This is the closest theatre to Ohio State University.

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 05-14-2005, 12:27 PM:

Cinemark 17 in Springfield has added 2 more prints since a week ago, for 6 total, with 3 of 6 midnight shows late Weds. sold out as of now.

Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene is getting 2 prints. They only have 1 midnight show listed, and it's sold out.

Carmike 12 in Corvallis is getting 4 prints. All 4 midnight shows are sold out. (They're displaying the THX logo even though that location is not THX'd. Naughty Carmike.)

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 05-15-2005, 07:23 AM:

Megaplex Theatres of Salt Lake City has sold out 17 midnight showings at Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons, 12 midnight showings at Megaplex 12 at the Gateway, and 4 midnight shows at Megaplex 8 at Thanksgiving Point (a fifth is on sale, and they'll keep adding screens until they all sell out).

They've sold out an additional 26 showings out of 72 scheduled on Thursday during regular (extended) hours between the three plexes, 19 on Friday, and another 35 on Saturday.

Posted by Chase Hanson (Member # 2779) on 05-16-2005, 01:58 PM:

Update of sorts.

My home theater is SOLD OUT, over 2500 seats spread across 11 screens (5 prints).

Our Sister theater is SOLD OUT, I think they are doing about 1000 seats across 8 screens (4 prints)

And, the theater that I just transfered out of only has about 200 of 2700 seats left across like 9 screens (5 prints).

I have crowd control all day wednesday at my theater [uhoh]