MEDIA UPDATE: Harry Potter Poised for a Box Office Victory, Scoring 93% of Advance Ticket Sales on Fandango

MEDIA UPDATE: Harry Potter Poised for a Box Office Victory, Scoring 93% of Advance Ticket Sales on Fandango

Goblet Overflowing With Buzz on the Eve of Its Release; Fandango's Fastest-Selling Potter Film Sees Hundreds of Sold-Out Shows

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- If advance ticket sales are any indication, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will conjure box office magic this weekend. Fans are expected to pack midnight shows tonight (starting as early as 11:59 pm) at theaters across the country, and Fandango, the nation's largest movie ticketing service, reports that the fourth Potter film already ranks as:

* the fastest-selling Potter movie in company history; accounting for 93%

of Fandango's weekly ticket sales, as of Wednesday, November 16,
2:00 PM PT;
* the top-selling film since the summer release of Star Wars: Episode
III - Revenge of the Sith;
* a likely box office behemoth responsible for hundreds of sold-out
weekend shows.

"There's great anticipation that Harry will kick off a fantastic holiday movie season," says Fandango President and CEO, Art Levitt. "Audiences are rooting for Harry this weekend -- and the buzz is tremendous. Based on our advance ticket sales, we are expecting a 'Hagrid'-sized hit."

About Fandango

Fandango, the nation's largest movie ticketing service, sells tickets to approximately 13,000 screens and 1,100 theaters (nearly 70 percent of theaters in the U.S. enabled for remote ticketing) and to four out of the five largest U.S. theater circuits (according to National Association of Theater Owners, June 2005). A consortium of the nation's largest theater chains (including Regal Entertainment Group, Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark, Loews Cineplex Entertainment and Century Theatres, among others), Fandango sells tickets to more screens than all of its competitors combined. One of the Web's top movie destinations (according to Nielsen//NetRatings), Fandango allows moviegoers to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, read reviews, view trailers and buy tickets up to 45 days in advance. Fandango is available at www.fandango.com, 1-800-FANDANGO and via your wireless device at mobile.fandango.com.

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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