‘Twilight’ book fans have less than 12 hours to wait to see a midnight showing, and a movie ticket seller says the advance sales put the movie at No. 5 for its all time list.

Here’s the stats for fandango.com:

The Top Ten Advance Ticket-Sellers on Fandango.com (as of 11/19/08 12
noon PT):
1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
5. Twilight (2008)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
6. Hannah Montana 3D (2008)
7. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
9. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
10. Sex and the City (2008)

Harry Medved, spokesman for Fandango.com, says: “It’s encouraging to see such strong advance ticket sales for a sweet little movie with no box established office stars and coming from an
independent studio that seemingly came out of nowhere. The film has been
a top-seller ever since tickets went on sale on Halloween.”

Here’s a few more stats from an ongoing survey of more than 5,000
“Twilight” moviegoers on Fandango.com:

WHAT:
*       2,000 sold-out shows; 1,000 of them at midnight tonight;
*       Twilight has joined the list of All-Time Top Five Advance
Ticket-Sellers, right behind Harry Potter 4, 5, skipping ahead of
Pirates 3 and Hannah.
*       One Salt Lake City theater has 12 of his midnight showtimes
sold-out, so they added shows at 2:30 and 2:40 in the morning.”
*       83% say they plan to see the film more than once;
*       94% of Fandango’s daily ticket sales are for this one film;
*       Outpacing Sex and the City and High School Musical 3

WHO’S GOING:
*       56% are planning to see the movie with a group of friends;
*       97% have read the novel by Stephenie Meyer;
*       42% of respondents are 25 or older; 58% are younger than 25.
*       25% of respondents claim they will see Twilight with their moms
or daughters

WHY:
*       67% say they are attracted to see “Twilight” because of the love
story between Edward and Bella.
*       54% are going with a group of friends;
*       92% of respondents say they’ll see Twilight on opening weekend;
*       73% are most excited to see Robert Pattinson as Edward
(respondents were asked to choose one Twilight character they were most
excited to see portrayed on the big screen);