--- description: According to Fandango, the movie is the biggest pre-selling romantic drama ever. title: The Fault in Our Stars Broke Pre-Sales Records image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4475c8cc07cb8e57/6986960806f2c10ead32f4ce/fault-in-our-stars1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [film](/tag/film/) ## film Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _The Fault in Our Stars_ Broke Pre-Sales Records by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2014 6:59 PM CUT  20th Century Fox by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 3, 2014 6:59 PM CUT _The Fault in Our Stars_ isn’t out until Friday, but the highly anticipated film is already breaking records: The movie has taken the spot of the [biggest pre-selling romantic drama in Fandango’s history](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/fault-in-our-stars-breaks-pre-sales-record-as-top-selling-romantic-drama-1201210276/ "undefined"). The movie beat out Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams’ _The Vow_, currently at No. 2\. However, it’s not in the same category as the _Twilight_ franchise, which Fandango considers “fantasy.” _The Fault in Our Stars_ is an adaptation of John Green’s best-selling young adult [tear jerker novel of the same name.](http://time.com/61751/fault-in-our-stars-first-clip/ "undefined") Green was named one of [_TIME’s_ 100 most influential people of the year.](http://time.com/70799/john-green-2014-time-100/ "undefined") \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/fault-in-our-stars-breaks-pre-sales-record-as-top-selling-romantic-drama-1201210276/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/"},"headline":"The Fault in Our Stars Broke Pre-Sales Records","datePublished":"2014-06-03T18:59:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:11:40.194Z","description":"According to Fandango, the movie is the biggest pre-selling romantic drama ever","url":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/","keywords":["film","Movie","The Fault In Our Stars","john green"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4475c8cc07cb8e57/6986960806f2c10ead32f4ce/fault-in-our-stars1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4475c8cc07cb8e57/6986960806f2c10ead32f4ce/fault-in-our-stars1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Fault in Our Stars","caption":"The Fault in Our Stars","creditText":"20th Century Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/film/","name":"film"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/","name":"The Fault in Our Stars Broke Pre-Sales Records"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars","description":"Behind the Scenes of the Fault in our Stars","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wFZEN8j4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-30T20:30:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wFZEN8j4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/","duration":"PT3M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```