31.   The government also will release its report on advance retail sales next Thursday.

32.   The lack of advance sales causes producers to advertise differently, emphasizing short-term marketing to keep shows afloat week to week.

33.   The other players in the fast-growing niche of advance ticket sales are Moviefone and MovieTickets.com.

34.   The profit margin on these last-minute bookings is much greater than on the advance sales.

35.   The rest of the new facilities have been financed mainly by tax dollars, usually combined with some proceeds from advance sales on luxury seating.

36.   Though a modest bounce followed, decimated advance sales suggest it will be short-lived.

37.   Tieger said he is excited about the advance ticket sale today.

38.   With this show, the signs were not encouraging, as the producers sliced two weeks off the Los Angeles engagement amid reports of poor advance ticket sales.

39.   Advance ticket sales have faltered with audiences preferring to buy at the last minute or only a week or two in advance.

40.   And the growing use of advance ticket sales over the Internet probably reduced the number of fans who would have waited in line outside theaters.