MovieTickets.com is reporting 200-plus X-Men Origins: Wolverine sellouts, over 1/4 of them for Thursday midnights showings. As of 9 AM PT, Wolverine accounted for 63% percent of all ticket sales at MovieTickets.com today. Those sales doubled for the third time in three days.
Fandango online ticket seller is reporting that Wolverine accounts for 65% of all ticket sales today, followed by Star Trek (opening May 8th) with 17%. The rest of the pack barely register above 2%.
Fandango found in an online poll of more than 1,000 moviegoers, 44% of Wolverine ticket-buyers had viewed the 2009 Academy Awards Show with Jackman as the host, and 34% of those viewers said the Oscar telecast actually made them more excited to see the pic.
For more estimates listed by title, see box office results here...Editor-in-Chief Nikki Finke - tip her here.


Man o man, once the word gets out I would not want to be the executive in charge who greenlit this piece of shit. X-Men are done. Move on.
WOLVERINE Opening Weekend, meet the weekend the Swine Flu scare is about to hit its peak.
Sorry that H1N1 will keep everyone home from the multiplex this weekend.