The next installment in the "Star Wars" saga is about to open, but the days of camping out to get tickets to such films may be drawing to a close. "Attack of the Clones" is set to open next Thursday, and some die-hard fans began camping out weeks in advance to get tickets to the show. But many others have chosen a different route: buying tickets online.
In many cases, online ticket sites such as Fandango.com, AOL's Moviefone.com and MovieTickets.com are tapped into the same ticketing systems as local box offices, meaning that moviegoers are just as likely to get tickets online as offline. And the advantage is, of course, that they don't have to stand in line to get them.
"Maybe it takes a little bit of the fun out of it, but it certainly keeps you a lot warmer," said Stacey Herron, an entertainment and media analyst with Jupiter Research.
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