“The Dark Knight” online ticket sales beating out record holders

T-Minus 1 day, 18 hours until The Dark Knight hits theaters at midnight on Thursday. By the time you read this article who knows where the countdown will be, but more than likely a few more online showings of the film will have been sold out.

In fact, according to Thompson on Hollywood, online ticket sales for the latest Batman movie are already outpacing those of previous record holders, like Spiderman 3, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

MovieTickets.com reports that 700 shows are already sold out across the country, with 270 of those in the New York/Los Angeles areas.

Their rival online ticket seller, Fandango, says they’ve sold out 500 shows. Apparently, they only have 10% of their inventory for The Dark Knight left!

Here are the top online ticket sellers for MovieTickets.com:

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

This weekend is going to be insane!