STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH Becomes Fandango's Fastest-Selling Film in Company's History

STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH Becomes Fandango's Fastest-Selling Film in Company's History

Online Poll Reveals 79 Percent of Film Fans Plan to See SITH on Opening Weekend

LOS ANGELES, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- With four weeks to go before the May 19 opening of STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH, Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, is reporting unprecedented sales for the eagerly awaited movie, with sold-out shows in select markets.

SITH ranks as Fandango's fastest-selling movie to-date, currently selling five times as many tickets as the company's next best-selling movie (THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST) at this point in the film's sales cycle.

"Tickets are selling at light-speed," says Fandango President and CEO, Art Levitt. "Sales for SITH have surpassed anything we've seen before for a movie four weeks away from opening day. The enthusiasm of moviegoers and sales are tremendous, signaling a very busy start to the summer blockbuster season."

A weekly moviegoer poll posted on Fandango.com reveals that 79% of those fans who responded are planning to see SITH between May 19 and May 22, indicating a monster first weekend. Fandango Film Commentator Richard Horgan is predicting that SITH will "likely soar onto the top ten all-time opening weekend box office sales list. The May 19 weekend is a chance for STAR WARS fans to come full circle with a 1977 original that helped defined the very notion of the modern blockbuster."

Moviegoers can now purchase tickets to REVENGE OF THE SITH at www.fandango.com. Tickets will go on sale on 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, Inc.

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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