Fifth Installment Sells More Advance Tickets than Spider-Man 3, Harry Potter 1, 2 and 3, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Star Wars: Episode II- MovieTickets.com Expects Largest Ever Summer Volume

Proving he still has the magic, Harry Potter's fifth movie installment, has earned a leading place on the MovieTickets.com all-time advance ticket sales list. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has exceeded advance sales for the summer's earlier blockbusters such as Transformers and Spider-Man 3, and is neck-and-neck with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

  MovieTickets.com ranks the all-time pre-release sales below:

  1.  Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

  2.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (4)

  3.  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (3)

  4.  Matrix Reloaded

  5.  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (3)

  6.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (5)

  7.  Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones

  8.  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  9.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) (3)

  10. Spider-Man 3

  11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1)

  12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2)

"Harry Potter really began picking up steam earlier this week and is tracking to become one of our best-selling blockbusters. This May was already a record-breaker in terms of ticketing volume, and now with Harry Potter 5 and other hits like Transformers, MovieTickets.com is going to experience our biggest summer ever," said Joel Cohen Executive Vice President and General Manager, MovieTickets.com.

  * MovieTickets.com began selling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tickets over two months ago.
  * Sales internationally eclipsed domestic sales until earlier this week.
  * At its current sales rate, the fifth Harry Potter is tracking to outpace
    total tickets sold online via MovieTickets.com for Pirates 3.

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