'The Chosen' fans crash movie site after 'tens of thousands' rush to purchase tickets - Fox News

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The fans of the fashionable biblical play "The Chosen" reportedly crashed a movie theatre website connected Sunday nighttime successful their unreserved to acquisition tickets for the show's play finale.

The fan-supported show's creator Dallas Jenkins announced connected a livestream that the last 2 episodes of play 3 would aerial successful theaters successful February, which led to fans overwhelming the Fathom Events website.

"Unfortunately, the request for tickets for The Chosen play finale crashed the Fathom Events website. It is present moving again, truthful you tin get tickets for Eps 7/8 astatine Fathom oregon your accustomed ticketing sites," the show's FaceBook leafage shared connected Monday.

Fathom Events CEO Ray Nutt said the website was temporarily down owed to instrumentality request but it rapidly recovered to assistance "tens of thousands of fans" bargain tickets. 

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"The Chosen" play   3  finale volition  aerial  successful  theaters.

"The Chosen" play 3 finale volition aerial successful theaters.

‘THE CHOSEN’ STAR JONATHAN ROUMIE AND CREATOR DALLAS JENKINS ON HOW FAITH TURNED THEIR LIVES AROUND

"After speechmaking the comments from fans connected societal media, it is evident that they are precise excited astir seeing episodes 7 & 8, successful theaters with their friends and family," Nutt told Fox News Digital.

Fans tin ticker the bid successful theaters Feb. 2 and 3, with the amusement teasing that its "stunning conclusion" "demands to beryllium seen connected the large screen."

However, the faith-based Angel Studios series volition besides beryllium disposable to ticker for escaped connected "The Chosen" app a fewer days aboriginal connected Feb. 5 and 7.

In the bid finale, audiences volition spot Jesus execute the occurrence of the feeding of the 5,000, which Jenkins touted was "by far, the biggest happening we’ve ever done."

'The Chosen' prima  Jonathan Roumie appears successful  a country   from play   two.

'The Chosen' prima Jonathan Roumie appears successful a country from play two. (Courtesy of "The Chosen")

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The biblically-inspired amusement premiered successful April 2019 and became the largest crowdfunding media task successful history, according to "The Chosen" website. More than 16,000 radical contributed implicit $10 cardinal to the accumulation for its archetypal season.

The amusement has enjoyed a palmy tally successful theaters arsenic well.

"Fathom’s apical 2 best-selling events person travel from The Chosen with ‘Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers’ grossing implicit $13.5 cardinal successful 2021 and ‘The Chosen Season 3 episodes 1 & 2’ grossing implicit $14 million, placing 2nd successful gross container bureau connected the Friday of its opening weekend," Fathom Events told Fox News Digital.

Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus successful the series, and amusement creator Dallas Jenkins shared with Fox News Digital past period however God turned their lives astir during hard times. Both were struggling successful their respective careers earlier taking a leap of religion with "The Chosen."

"The Chosen" stars Jonathan Roumie arsenic  Jesus Christ.

"The Chosen" stars Jonathan Roumie arsenic Jesus Christ. (Courtesy of "The Chosen")

The 3rd play of "The Chosen" debuted connected Dec. 11 and is disposable to ticker for escaped connected "The Chosen" app, the Angel app and the show's website. 

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