Star Trek Into Darkness Crashes IMAX Ticketing Website

Demand for presale tickets of J.J. Abrams's Star Trek Into Darkness was so high yesterday that on the first day tickets were available for sale in the U.K., the British Film Institute's IMAX ticketing site crashed due to high volume. This isn't the first time it's happened, of course, but the last time this occurred was when presale tickets went on sale this summer for Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. "Due to overwhelming demand for Star Trek @BFI IMAX online booking is currently down. We're doing all we can to rectify. Do bear with us," BFI tweeted. "To book @BFI @IMAX tickets for #StarTrek#IntoDarkness call 0330 333 7878, while their online booking is down due to overwhelming demand," added Paramount Pictures, who are distributing the film.