Advance sales to 'Twilight' sequel brisk

This "New Moon" is rising early.

Advance tickets sales for Summit Entertainment's vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" are going so well that online tickers are starting to report sellouts of the earliest showtimes at many locations.

Nine weeks prior to the film's Nov. 20 release, MovieTickets is reporting more than a dozen "New Moon" performances as complete sellouts.

A Fandango spokesman said "New Moon" represents 57 percent of its recent ticket sales, with sellouts at 50 locations. By comparison, the coming weekend's anticipated No. 1 picture — Sony's 3D animated feature "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" — is the next most popular choice of purchasers at 9 percent of all Fandango sales.

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