Jul 15th, 2009 - UPI
LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has finished as the No. 2 advance ticket seller of all-time at MovieTickets.com, the U.S. Web site announced.The sixth installment in the series, which opened Wednesday, has sold more advance tickets than any other "Potter" film to date and, as of midnight, MovieTickets.com and Fandango were reporting more than 3,000 screenings were sold out worldwide.
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