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...early ticket sales are any indication, surrendering to the Twi-hards is working. Twenty-four hours before the film opened, some 2,000 shows were already sold out, many of them midnight Thursday-night screenings. And in a survey Fandango conducted of early ticket buyers, 85% said they plan to see Twilight more than once. It wouldn't be the first time young women paid to see a movie over and over again; the same demographic helped Titanic become the highest-grossing film of all time...
...just young women clearing their calendars this weekend, either. Half of the respondents to another Fandango survey of Twilight ticket buyers are over 25, including many Twilight moms. About a quarter of respondents are mothers and daughters planning to see the movie together...
...That all began to change once Moviefone - the phone-based movie ticket ordering system that started up in 1990 - allowed consumers to order tickets from home. A decade later, the websites Fandango and MovieTickets were both established, opening Internet pre-sale options to a wide swath of Americans and largely eliminating the need to show up early at theaters, unless you were insistent on a prime seat. Between the two sites - which have begun to sell advance tickets 30 to 45 days in advance for big Hollywood blockbusters - nearly 4,000 midnight showings of The Dark Knight were scheduled. Thousands...
...August, the dark horse had enough support to generate 2,587 votes at the Ames straw poll, a fund-raising fandango for the Iowa GOP at which candidates pay to have their supporters attend. Huckabee finished a distant second behind free-spending Romney, while Giuliani and McCain skipped the event entirely. But veteran pols noted that Huckabee's tally exceeded the number of tickets he bought--speculating that people were taking Romney's freebies but casting their ballots for Huckabee...
...Fandango (Artisan) Oak Savanna Vineyard owner Sandy Hill and chef Stephanie Valentine team up for a look at 18 theme-inspired dining celebrations...