LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The combination of Manolos, cosmopolitans and couture proved to be a strong cocktail on the big screen over the weekend. MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com/), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, reports "Sex and the City: The Movie" ranks No. 16 on its list of top performing films of all-time.
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"The past weekend was notable for movie-going in general," said Joel Cohen, executive vice president and general manager, MovieTickets.com. "Any time online ticketing can contribute upwards of 30% of the opening weekend box office for any one particular title -- the value of the services we provide are really showcased."
The love-affair with the fearsome female foursome doesn't stop there. MovieTickets.com surveyed more than 16,000 moviegoers who saw "Sex and the City" over the weekend. Of those surveyed, 92 percent ranked the chick flick as excellent/very good.
MovieTickets.com's Top 20 Performing Films of All-Time (as of 6/2/08) 1. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" 2. "The 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. "The 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. "The Matrix Reloaded" 10. "Spider-Man 3" 11. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" 12. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" 13. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" 14. "Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Disney Digital 3D" 15. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" 16. "Sex and City: The Movie" 17. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" 18. "Spider-Man 2" 19. "The Da Vinci Code" 20. "Transformers"
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MovieTickets.com exhibitors include: Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters), Access Digital Theatres, Alco Theaters, All Star Entertainment, AMC Theatres, Amherst Cinema Art Center, Arena Grand Theatre (Columbus Hospitality), Ashbrie Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters (Movies at Midway), Atlas Cinemas, B&B Theaters, Bank Street Theatre, Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, Cinema Centers, Cinema Four-Quad (Quad Cinema), Cinemagic Movies, Cinemagic Theatres (MN), Cinemall, Cineplex Odeon, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas, Cleveland Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres, Cornelius Cinemas, Dickinson Theatres, Dipson Theatres, Discovery Theater, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores (O'Neil Theaters NE), Emagine Entertainment (Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment Retail (Hollywood Hits), Elvis Cinemas, Eveningstar Cinema, Famous Players, Film Forum, Fine Arts Theatre - Beverly Hills, Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Foxmoor Movies, Frank Theaters, Funasia Theaters, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy Cinemas (GA), Galaxy Cinemas (NC), Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville Cinemas (Camelot Cinemas), Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Harrisonville Cinema, HLB Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Howell Theater, IFC Center, Island Cinemas, Jarvis Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), K&G Theaters (Bloomfield 8), Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz Theatres), M Park 4, Main Street Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres , Marcus Theatres, Marquee Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, Mission Grove Theaters, MJR Theatres, MnM Theatres, Moore Family Theaters, Movie Tavern, MovieMax Theatres, NAOS Entertainment, Narberth Theatre, National Amusements, Nelsonville Movies 10, North American Cinema, Oasis Cinema, Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres (Louisiana), Pacific Theatres, Paris Theater, Penn Cinema, Phoenix Theatres (MI), Phoenix Theatres (TN), Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Quarry Cinemas, Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA (City Cinemas, Angelika), Regency 8 Cinema, Rio Entertainment, Riviera Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres, Sea Turtle Cinemas, ShowBiz Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Silver Screen Cinemas, Silver Screen Partners, Spotlight Theatres, Star Vu Drive-In, Starplex Cinemas, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Tango Theaters, Tower Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters, Warren Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com/), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, offers moviegoers a convenient way to buy movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at MovieTickets.ie; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. , National Amusements, Famous Players, Marcus Theatres , Viacom and America Online, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of the top 50 and over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 122 theater chains, is about five times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.
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