By MCN Editor editor@moviecitynews.com
Sandler bigger than Cruise? "Grown Ups" outselling "Knight" in today's ticket sales on Fandango
Among this week’s new releases, Adam Sandler’s raunchy Grown Ups (opening today) is currently outselling the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz action-comedy, Knight and Day (which opened Wednesday) in today’s Fandango ticket sales, as of 10:00 a.m. PT.
Meanwhile, the hotly-anticipated The Twilight Saga: Eclipse continues to dominate sales on Fandango, and ranks as the company’s top advance-ticket seller of the year to date. We’ll be at the CityWalk Cinemas in Universal City, CA on Tuesday night, June 29, along with the mobs of Twilight fans lined up for the opening night midnight shows. Please do let us know if you’d like to arrange an interview with our own Melinda Petrow, who can talk about the series’ appeal, plus the latest Eclipse ticketing data and survey info.
Fandango Weekly Poll (as of 6/25/10 10:00 a.m. PT)
Which screen couple represents the summer’s most unlikely romantic match?
Adam Sandler & Salma Hayek (Grown Ups) 36%
Josh Brolin & Megan Fox (Jonah Hex) 24%
Will Ferrell & Eva Mendes (The Other Guys) 21%
Jonah Hill & Elizabeth Moss (Get Him to The Greek) 9%
John C. Reilly & Marisa Tomei (Cyrus) 7%
Kevin James & Maria Bello (Grown Ups) 3%
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