Twilight already gaining ground; Tyler Perry leads weekend openers in presales
According to Fandango, Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” has the most pre-sales of this weekend’s opening films, accounting for 53 percent of ticket sales on the site as of 10 a.m. Pacific today.
“The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” despite not opening until Nov. 20, is the No. 2 seller at Fandango today, with 20 percent of advance ticket sales. Rounding out the top 5 are “9″ with 4 percent, “Inglourious Basterds” with 3 percent, and “Whiteout,” also with 3 percent.
Fandango also asked fans about upcoming horror films. “Zombieland” was the film respondents most wanted to see in the theater, with 31 percent of votes. It was followed by “Jennifer’s Body,” starring Megan Fox, with 30 percent, and “Sorority Row,” which opened today, with 18 percent. “Pandorum” landed 18 percent, and 8 percent went to other responses.
- Matt Price
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Saw a sneak preview on Thur the 19th at Harkins Bricktown of Zombieland and it was one of the best movies I’ve seen all summer. I didn’t go into it expecting alot, but it completely changed my mind with it’s tone in the first 10 minutes. I haven’t ever really liked Woody Harrelson with the exclusion of Kingpin but in this he seems to be channeling Bruce Campbell with his one liners and great facial expresions. I will warn those that are going into this looking for a gross out gorefest. This movie is more a comedic quest for a twinkie through a world that just happens to have some zombies wandering around. But in that regard it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. When you get the opportunity to review it for the paper I hope you point people in it’s direction.