User blog:Ceauntay/Sonic X: The Final Stand Selling Tickets Fast

Sonic the Hedgehog is selling out tickets across the country hard. Deadline Hollywood reports that Fandango has sold out over 2000 show times, a good chunk of which went out over mobile apps. Movie tickets.com reports similar activity, with over 1,900 show times sold out and climbing. Sonic sales have been accounting for over 90% of overall ticket sales on both websites for over a week.

When Sonic X: The Final Stand sold that many tickets, it will be breaking box office records. It should open to at least $100 million in its opening weekend matching up against $114 million to Scooby-Doo! The Movie, as it made $273 million so far. The film will play in a record of 260 IMAX theaters. 70 more will play internationally in 90 foreign markets, for a total of 330 IMAX theaters worldide. They will also play in 3D theaters here and internationally (not IMAX 3D).

Sonic X: The Final Stand opens on Wednesday in UK. It also opens on Friday in the US.