FREE Advanced Screening of Despicable Me 2 (Select Cities Only)

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Hurry on over here to request FREE passes to the advanced screening of the new movie Despicable Me 2 (the movie will be releasing July 3rd). Just head here, scroll down, click on your local city, and log in/register to claim your free passes!

Don’t wait to claim your spot, as they will fill up quickly on a first come, first served basis.

(Thanks, Heavenly Steals & Coupon Pro!)

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Comments 153

  1. Denise P.

    Just got 3 in MA! Sa-Weet!!

  2. Susan

    Just wait, it worked after 5 minutes

  3. pao

    try to reserve them again with same email address, it will tell you you have already been confirmed for the screening and it will give you the option of email tickets again or print again, click on print again and your ticket will appear, then you can print it!
    i was able to finally print it this way 😀
    good luck!!

  4. erin

    OK so I ‘got tickets’ but i go to print them out and it says ticket confirmation for it’s other wise blank. no ticket information.. anyone else?

    • mindy

      try to refresh the page to see if they give you the option to email or print again. That’s what I did when I got blank page

  5. Katiria

    Thanks, It took a while but it worked, now I just have to try to come home from work early enough so we don’t miss the movie! (it’s first come first served)

  6. Ketsy

    Ok so to everyone having a hard time: Patience is Key. I’m on a mac and tried different browsers, refreshing etc. So then I decided to try again and just clicked on the login button and left it as is. Went to do something else and came back and second page was there… I hit confirm and left again and when I came… there it was! One click and lots of patience 😀

    • Leslie

      That’s how I did it too. Just placed my clicking finger back in it’s holster. It all worked out =)

  7. Liz

    Aww sold out in my city. Oh well, my daughter shouldn’t be at the movies at 7:30pm. She’s 4 :).

  8. Carrie C.

    Bummer! Not in my area. We absolutely LOVED Despicable Me!! And we’re all adults! I think we saw it like 4 times in the theater. I just hope the 2nd is as awesome as the first one!! Can’t wait until July 3rd! Congrats to all who could get in to the advanced screenings!! Hope you have tons of fun!

    • mindy

      I’ve never been to pre-screening before…but base on comments about standing in line for 1 to 2 hours and this is a children movie, I think there will be lots of whinny childrens uncluding mine until they open the doors 🙂

      • gohogsgoinar

        For the kids movies there are almost ALWAYS things to entertain the kids in line and in the theater. Lots of freebies and trivia questions and dress-up like your favorite character stuff for example. Nothing near me this time but we’ve been to a lot of premieres and love the buzz and excitement. 🙂

        • Alea

          It depends on the area/theater – ours never does anything extra for the kids. 🙁

  9. Leslie

    Bummer! The nearest theater is 75 miles away!

  10. Alvina Lansang

    Yay!!! Finally, I got 4 tickets for my family (San Bruno, CA) after trying so many times :). I also got an email confirmation. Weeeeee 🙂

  11. Sam

    So I resent my conformation and I get the email, but I get something that looks like this. When I try to print my conformation I also get this same message.
    Fatal error: New SQL Error #1053: Server shutdown in progress in /var/www/universal_pictures/universalscreenings/api/db.php on line 36

    • Bianca

      I’m getting the same thing, it’s running REALLY slow.

    • Barbara

      I had same issue now the email will resend

  12. Alvina Lansang

    Thanks Colin!!!

  13. Melanie

    My son is 2 and Despicable Me is his favorite movie. Oh those naughty Minions! We didnt want to spent all that money for tickets if we would have to leave after 5 minutes since we aren’t sure how he will behave or deal with the loud noises. This is perfect. Thank you SO much – we have free tickets now and if we have to leave after 5 minutes, it doesnt matter because it hasn’t cost us a penny. So grateful to you for posting this.

    • Lisa

      Just an idea, but you might see if a movie theater in your area offers free summer movies, before you go to this which will be really crazy/crowded and possibly overwhelming. I have a 3 1/2 year old and I wasn’t sure how he’d do but we went to Alvin & the Chipmunks-Chip wrecked for free this week and it was great.

      • Melanie

        Thanks for the advice, Lisa! That’s a really good idea 🙂

    • Rae

      Also, the Regal here will give you a pass for another ticket if you have to leave early! Their CS is awesome.

    • Alea

      Just get there EARLY at least an hour before show time – advanced screenings are first-come, first-served and they always over distribute tickets especially to the popular movies!

  14. Cynthia Lawrence

    Want free tickets to Despicable Me 2

  15. adri

    been trying for 20 min n it wont work

  16. Conswalla

    I couldn’t print the tickets from the site. I kept getting a fatal error. I’ve checked my email twice and no tickets. Oh well. I’ll just pay for 3 tickets and enjoy the movie with my boys another time. Can’t get every deal every time. ^__^

    • Jano

      Same here! I amnot able to print it because it gives me an page error and I didn’t recieved confirmation email 🙁

    • Barbara

      Try now I had the same issue just went onto site deselected the time and theater I had reserved. Told me sold out but now there is a link that asks you if you are looking for your tickets. I was finally able to email them to myself.

  17. tracy

    selected the city but theres no choice for the theatre

    • Lisa

      give it some time, or try a different browser, that’s what happened to me, and finally after about 30 minutes of trying, I switched to internet explorer and it showed up and did the drop-down to show the movie theater in the area.

  18. Kim

    AWESOME! I just scored mine!

  19. Katie

    took a zillion tries but finally was able to print it after it showed up again. Having to show up a few hours early to get a spot in line might be the only catch with my husband so maybe I’ll be trying to find a friend to take with me instead!

  20. Denise Annemarie

    It took a while but I got them too! My question is how early do you need to go? I really don’t want to stand in a line for an hour and not get in. Do I really need to be there 2 hours ahead of time?

    • Susan

      At least an hour. We went o The Internship and got there 70 min early and got in fine, but not the best seats. This one is pretty popular.

  21. Lena

    WOO HOO!!! Kids will be super excited! Thank you Collin, Heavenly Steal, and Coupon Pro!!!!

  22. SLS

    Thank you so much for posting about this!

  23. Tara

    Has anyone been before? I got tickets for a 10am showing and we have to drive 45 minutes just to get there (we live in a town that offers nothing haha). How early do we have to be to get a seat? Thanks!

    • Leslie

      I’m curios too, our nearest theater that’s participating is 80 minutes away. Since it’s summer break and the kids don’t have to be up early, we were going to make a late evening of it. But, I don’t think we’re going to go. If it’s not a sure thing that we’re going to be getting in, i’m not putting out the gas money & time. We’ll wait until it comes out on netflix or redbox!

  24. gabby

    are these free? they dont say free….. just confuse…..are all the advance screenings always free. I have never been in one. Thanks for your answers. I dont have the money to get there with mi kids and buy tickets

    • tracy

      it is free. ive been to 2 advanced screenings. they know what it is. it is held not by the theatre. the ppl who make the movie or whatever hold it in theatres around the country. they are totally free. just have your id that has your name on the papers and thats it.

      • Nardy

        WHAT!!?? I signed up with my coupon FB page which don’t have my real name. 🙁

        • tracy

          o no. that is what happened when me and my bf saw fast 6. the second they didnt check names because there wasnt as much ppl. but if there is a whole group of people they will do the first come thing. they have a list of names and how many tickets they had. if your name is nardy “last name” they have that on their papers and you show them your id. no id. no real name. you prolly cant get in.

      • rachel

        What about kids? My ticket says “1 seat” but I requested 4 (myself and 3 kids). Will they turn me away?

  25. Sharon

    Just reserved 4 tickets in Pgh!! Just be patient on the site. You don’t have to refresh just select city and wait a few minutes and then the theater option will appear and then select the theater then you have to wait another few minutes for the number of tickets option to appear. I just did it and it worked.

  26. Michelle

    I have never worked so hard in my life for a freebie. Thank you, Collin, and all the tips from the Hipsters!

  27. Beverly

    Had problems with site but after being patient but finally got email for tickets

  28. amy

    I got the message stating “my submission is complete” your tickets have ben emailed to you. But I NEVER received an email. Anybody else? It’s been 2 hours.Help!

    • Jessica

      oh no, that stinks!

    • Kim

      Try again and ask to print now.. It should work… I kept getting that and it was being SLOOWWW….

      • amy

        Not sure how to print from my iphone?! pointers?

    • Conswalla

      Me too. Still no email. 🙁

    • Nathalie

      Me too!!! I’ve even emailed them about it but I haven’t heard anything back yet 🙁

      • amy

        who did you email?

        • Nathalie

          universal screenings go down to contact and you can email them

          • littlemaha

            Can you let me know what email address you sent it to please? I am having issues and am unable to claim my tickets. I tried to refresh the page and now it says that there are no tickets associated with my email… ugh!! 🙂

  29. fawn

    Got them!!!THANKS A TON super pumped

  30. LadyO

    I requested 2, but only got confirmation for 1. Now they are sold out. Not sure what happened.

  31. stacey

    After I din’t get the email for over an hour, I tried to sign up again. It told me I already had a confirmation and asked if I wanted to resend the email. I said to resend it and I got the email almost immediately.
    Hope this helps some people who didnt get the email

    • amy

      Hmm weird it’s saying there aren’t any tickets under my email address. I give up!

      • Marcie

        Same here Amy, lol. Guess I’ll be buying tickets to this movie, bummer.

        • Kim

          Same here too 🙁 I got to the confirmation page and everything!

  32. amy

    It wont let me sign up again because our area is now sold out. Any pointers? I never received the email but I did get the page that said my submission was complete and that it’d be emailed to me. Frustrating!!

    • Barbara

      Try now I had the same issue just went onto site deselected the time and theater I had reserved. Told me sold out but now there is a link that asks you if you are looking for your tickets. I was finally able to email them to myself.

  33. coupongangsta

    I know this is a long shot but if anyone is not able to make it in Atlanta I would really appreciate them. my email is coupongangsta1atgmail. Thanks so much if its possible! congrats everyone who was able to score!

  34. Nathalie

    So I had gotten tickets, the page had said that my tickets were going to be emailed to me but it hasn’t so I refresh the page n try to resent my tickets but now it said that no tickets for my email???? Is anybody else getting that too

    • Kathy

      Same here

    • Maria

      same here, I emailed them but no response, real bummer because the family was real excited about this!

      • littlemaha

        What email address did you send it to? I am going through the same thing. I got the confirmation but it wouldn’t let me click on the print button. Then I refreshed and it started over… and now it is all sold out. I clicked on the button to reclaim the tickets and it says that there are no tickets associated with my email. I called the theater and they said that Universal Pictures rents out the theater and they have nothing to do with it. I guess I will just have to wait and see if I end up getting an email… here’s hoping!!

  35. claudia

    I’m so sad, I didn’t get the email, i went again to the page, I try to resend my tickets and it says:No tickets for this screening are associated with the email address, I think I entered my e-mail wrong :(, if anyone that live in orange county, ca is not going let me know, I need 4 tickets.

  36. Kira

    Thanks for the heads up. I got 3 tickets for my family so we can take my daughter!

  37. rosana

    all out for AZ

  38. Patrice

    I have a voucher for 4 people…my husband can’t go now. Will they still let us in if there’s only 3 of us?

  39. Jessica Lara

    I want these tickets please.

  40. Maria Whitman

    I would like 4 tickets I live in chesapeake va thank you

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