New pairs of people joined the line every 15-20 minutes (the next ones arrived after me around 7), and by 8 there were at least 10 people in line. I don't know how many rush tickets were distributed, but definitely more than 4, though by the time the box office opened there were at least 25 people in line and I am nearly sure everyone did not get tickets.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise