Long before online ticket bookings were considered common, Sandra Bullock had helped make history with a single mouse click. And it wasn’t planned as a tech milestone. Instead, it was part of promoting her 31-year-old underrated thriller, The Net (1995), when Bullock took the initiative to be the very first person to use a computer to purchase the first-ever online film ticket.
Bullock used the MovieLink website (a joint venture of various studios including Disney and MGM) to complete the transaction. She bought two tickets for a screening of The Net at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood for a total of $17.70.
The event was captured in an Entertainment Tonight segment, which showed her navigating a bulky 1990s computer and inputting credit card data. At the time, online commerce was experimental; the stunt was designed to highlight the film's themes of technology and the emerging influence of the internet.
While some sources suggest she may have purchased tickets for her other 1995 hit, While You Were Sleeping, as part of the test, the majority of records and the viral footage confirm the purchase was primarily intended to promote The Net.


























