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LOS ANGELES, July 7 (UPI) -- Online movie ticketing service Fandango reported Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" has become its biggest day-before-opening ticket seller.
The sequel "Dead Man's Chest" beats out previous record-holder "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," followed by "Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith."
According to Fandango, "Pirates" is also making news in other arenas. As of Thursday Fandango said it experienced its biggest ticket-sales day of the year surpassing opening days for "The Da Vinci Code," "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Superman Returns."
It noted that "Pirates" was selling an average of seven tickets per second several hours on Thursday, the movie broke Fandango's hourly sales record for the day before a film's opening, hundreds of late-night Thursday shows sold out in advance nationwide, and the movie represented 91 percent of all ticket sales on Fandango.
"Pirates' advance ticket sales have been truly extraordinary," said Fadango Chairman Chuck Davis, "and we expect to break even more records on Friday. You don't usually see this kind of enthusiasm until the final installment of a franchise, so this bodes well for the series' future. We are pleased that millions of moviegoers are taking advantage of the ease of Fandango to avoid 'sold out' signs at the theaters this weekend."
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