‘Dark Knight’ Continues to Sell Out; Outpaces Highest-Earning Blockbusters

Three days prior to its release, MovieTickets.com already has over 450 performances of ‘Dark Knight’ sold out in North America

LOS ANGELES, July 15 /TMRzoo.com/ — MovieTickets.com ( www.movietickets.com ) is reporting that the highly anticipated film “The Dark Knight” is currently outselling three of MovieTickets.com’s Top-10 Performing Films of All-Time at the same point in the sales cycle, including installments from such coveted franchises as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Spider-Man” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

To date, “Dark Knight” has sold more than three times as many advance tickets as “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” more than twice as many as “Spider-Man 3” and almost twice as many as “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” at the same point in the sales cycle for each film.

MovieTickets.com’s Top-10 Performing Films of All-Time

1. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. The Passion of The Christ
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
6. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
8. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
9. Matrix Reloaded
10. Spider-Man 3