Yesterday Deadline pointed out a few of the box-office records Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I has already broken such as playing in 3,700 midnight locations, playing in 239 IMAX locations and, at the time of the post, $25 million in advance ticket sales. That last number is sure to have increased by now.
I just received an email from Fandango saying many of tonight’s midnight showtimes for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I are already sold out in advance and theater owners are scrambling to add new midnight and 3:15 a.m. showtimes to meet the demand. Additionally, the site reports the film makes up for 97% of the site’s daily ticket sales, MovieTickets.com said it accounted for 94% of their sales.
Yesterday MovieTickets.com reported the film was the number five advance ticket seller on the site of all-time today and could beat Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for number four once all things were said and done. Fandango was reporting 2,200 sellouts while Movietickets.com was reporting 1,900 with more than 160 sellouts in New York and Los Angeles.
The current November opening weekend record belongs to The Twilight Saga: New Moon with $142,839,137. Tracking for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I is currently at $132 million. Will it be able to beat New Moon or will it come up short?
