MovieTickets.com Reports 'Transformers 2' Has Sold Out Over 600 Performances

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/23/09 -- Less than 24 hours before the release of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," MovieTickets.com is reporting the film has already broken into MovieTickets.com's list of the Top-25 Pre-sellers of All-Time. MovieTickets.com reports the film has sold out over 600 performances nationwide, including 274 midnight showings. It currently accounts for 93 percent of ticket sales at MovieTickets.com.

In breaking into the Top-25, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" bumped the original 2007 release "Transformers" from the list.

"So much for being robots in disguise," said Joel Cohen, executive vice president and general manager for MovieTickets.com. "'Transformers 2' is sure to be one of our highest grossing and most visible openers in 2009. Breaking into our Top-25 Pre-Sellers of All-Time with a little less than 12 hours before its release -- there's no telling how high this film will climb."

MovieTickets.com's Top 25 Pre-Sellers of All-Time (includes IMAX)
  1.  Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  2.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  3.  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  4.  The Dark Knight
  5.  Twilight
  6.  Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Disney
      Digital 3-D
  7.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  8.  The Matrix Reloaded
  9.  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  10. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  12. Sex and the City
  13. Spider-Man 3
  14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  15. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  16. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  17. The Passion of the Christ
  18. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  19. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  20. Dreamgirls
  21. Quantum of Solace
  22. The Departed
  23. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  24. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  25. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

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