Advance Tickets for STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH Now Available on Fandango.com

Advance Tickets for STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH Now Available on Fandango.com

Theaters Are Selling Tickets at 'Light Speed'; Fandango Poll Shows 67 Percent of Moviegoers Pick SITH as the Most Anticipated Summer Movie

LOS ANGELES, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Although fans are already queuing up outside theaters for STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (opening May 19), the online audience can beat them to the punch with a few mouse clicks.

Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, has announced advance tickets for the hotly-anticipated final installment of the saga are on sale now.

Fandango's online audience purchases represent an increasingly significant percentage of opening weekend box office. Recent examples include:

* LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: Fandango accounted for 8 percent of the film's domestic opening weekend box office.

* HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN: Fandango accounted for 8 percent of the film's domestic opening weekend box office.

* FAHRENHEIT 9/11: Fandango accounted for 13 percent of the film's domestic opening weekend box office.

"There's great excitement about the ability to buy tickets online this far in advance for REVENGE OF THE SITH," says Fandango President and CEO, Art Levitt. "The appetite for tickets is huge. We hope and expect that online ticket sales for STAR WARS will go through the roof."

REVENGE OF THE SITH is the most requested title among upcoming movies on Fandango. In fact, a current moviegoer poll posted on Fandango.com shows that two out of three moviegoers voted SITH as the summer movie they "most want to see." Fandango Film Commentator Richard Horgan, who has written a column on the subject, as part of Fandango's newly redesigned website, notes that "SITH has a certain must-see factor because it's the end of the saga and a major event in film history."

Moviegoers can now purchase tickets to REVENGE OF THE SITH for select Fandango theaters at www.fandango.com. Tickets will go on sale at 1-800-FANDANGO on May 16. Now more than ever, fans will want to take advantage of the opportunity to buy tickets in advance from the comfort of their home or office, skip the box office and avoid "sold out" signs at the theater.

About Fandango

Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, sells tickets to approximately 1,100 theaters and 12,500 screens (nearly 70 percent of theaters in the U.S. enabled for remote ticketing) and to four out of the five largest U.S. theater chains. Fandango's convenient service lets moviegoers quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and buy tickets in advance on www.fandango.com and at 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango sells tickets to more theaters than all of its competitors combined and is the exclusive ticketing service for the largest North American exhibitors: Carmike Theatres, Century Theatres, Edwards Theatres, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres, as well as to Brenden Theatres, CineArts, Cineplex Odeon Cinemas, Cobb Theatres, Crown Theatres, Eastern Federal Theatres, Kerasotes Theatres, Magic Johnson, Majestic Crest Theatre, R/C Theatres, Signature Theatres, Star Theatres and Wallace Theaters. Fandango allows customers to bypass the box office with in-theater ticket pick-up kiosks and Print at Home ticketing, and offers the "gift of the movies," Fandango Bucks, and an e-mail invitation tool, Evite Friends.

Source: Fandango

CONTACT: Harry Medved of Fandango, Inc., +1-310-451-7690, ext. 112, harry.medved@fandango.com

Web site: http://www.fandango.com/

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