Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will begin its run at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in January 2019.
But the two-part stage production has already made Australian history, selling 200,000 tickets in pre-sales, which makes it the highest pre-sale in Aussie history according to Fairfax.
The play pulled in over $25 million in sales in the first four days after tickets went on general sale on Monday.
Doing well! Harry Potter And The Cursed Child will begin its run at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre in January 2019. But the two-part stage production has already made Australian history, selling 200,000 tickets in pre-sale
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child picks up the story two decades after the concluding book in the magical series penned by by J.K. Rowling.
It follows the tale of Harry Potter’s son, Albus, and his adventures as he enters Hogwarts, a school for wizards.
The play is designed to be viewed in two parts, either on consecutive evenings, or by attending the matinee and evening performances.
Hit! The play pulled in over $25 million in sales in the first four days after tickets went on general sale on Monday
The good news comes after fans vented their fury on Twitter earlier this week after the first batch of tickets for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child sold out in just a couple of hours.
On Monday morning, Ticketmaster was overwhelmed by the phenomenal demand for early-bird priority seats for the lavish production.
And fans of the boy wizard desperate for tickets even found themselves in an online queue of up to 40,000 customers.
Popular: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child picks up the story two decades after the concluding book in the magical series penned by by J.K. Rowling.
Epilogue: It follows the tale of Harry Potter’s son, Albus, and his adventures as he enters the Hogwarts, a school for wizards. Pictured is the big screen version of the Harry Potter franchise
‘32000 people waiting in front of you. What was the point of signing up early?’ one punter grumbled on Twitter.
Another fan raged: ‘30,944 in line for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child priority tickets when I logged in 3 minutes before tickets even went on sale?? What the hell ticketmaster?!’
Since first debuting on the West End in the summer of 2016, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been a runaway success on the West End and Broadway.
Overseas hit: Since first debuting on the West End in the summer of 2016, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been a runaway success on the West End and Broadway