Mr. Spielberg will no doubt try again, and in the meantime he and the other also-rans can console themselves with another prize, Hollywood's ultimate popularity contest: record-breaking ticket sales.
In total, the ongoing tour has sold more than $300 million and broken ticket sales records in 11 states.
The tour in contrast, received critical acclaim from critics and fans alike, as well as breaking ticket sale records.
However, after achieving record-breaking ticket sales throughout Asia and instant sellouts in Europe, Carey felt secure enough to once again tour her native country.
That enchantment would prove to be the impatiens' big break, its ticket to world horticultural domination.
"It's kind of a meat market," says Lovasz, who wants to break into ticket sales.
Yet such is the strength of George Lucas's space saga brand, acquired by Disney for $4.05bn in 2012, that earlier this week, Rogue One broke presale ticket records for the year.
The lawyer for a man accused of breaking a ticket agent's neck at Newark International Airport in July has accused the Essex County Prosecutor's office of presenting a one-sided case to the grand jury, and last week asked a judge to dismiss his client's indictment for aggravated assault.
Now Songkick's goal is to build up the clout abroad to break into ticketing in the U.S., where 60percentt of its users are.
After lottery winner Jack Whitaker, of Hurricane, W. Va., went through a litany of problems, including the drug overdose death of his granddaughter, his wife said she wished he had torn up his record-breaking Powerball ticket.
In Philadelphia, record breaking 31,000 tickets were sold in under four hours.
