CLOVERFIELD: A Monster Hit at the US Box Office!

CLOVERFIELD: A Monster Hit at the US Box Office!

LONDON, January 21/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paramount Pictures' eagerly-anticipated 'CLOVERFIELD', generated
monstrous figures at the US box office this weekend, grossing an estimated
US$41m in its first three days of release. Directed by Matt Reeves and
produced by JJ Abrams, the film averaged US$12.020 from 3,411 theatres and
broke the 11-year-old record for the biggest opening weekend gross for a film
debuting in January. It also set a new opening weekend record for the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

"I think this movie defines what we want to do at Paramount," said Vice
Chairman Rob Moore. " It is a movie that took a big creative risk. We really
wanted to be in business with J.J. and his team, who came up with a really
creative execution. And the marketing and distribution team were able to
execute a great campaign."

Paramount Pictures Presents A Bad Robot Production
"Cloverfield" starring Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T. J. Miller, Michael
Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Yustman. The film is directed by Matt
Reeves and written by Drew Goddard. The producers are J.J. Abrams and Bryan
Burk. The executive producers are Guy Riedel and Sherryl Clark. The director
of photography is Michael Bonvillain, ASC. The production designer is Martin
Whist. The editor is Kevin Stitt, A.C.E. The costume designer is Ellen
Mirojnick. The visual effects are by Double Negative and Tippett Studio.

On the eve of his departure for Japan, Rob (Michael
Stahl-David) sees his going-away party as an opportunity to confess
unresolved feelings and tie up loose ends. His agenda takes an unexpected
turn when a jolt shakes the revellers. The crowd quiets down to watch news
reports of an earthquake, then rushes to the roof to assess the damage. A
fireball explodes on the distant horizon. A power failure follows. Confusion
gives way to panic as the partygoers stumble through the blackout and into
the streets.

Amid the human screams and one inhuman roar, Rob and his
friends must traverse a landscape that has changed, overtaken by something
otherworldly, terrifying, monstrous...

Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global company that produces and
distributes filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a
leading entertainment content company with prominent and respected brands
including Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks. The company's labels include
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, DreamWorks, MTV
Films and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital
Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studios, and Worldwide
Television Distribution.

'CLOVERFIELD' will open across the UK & Ireland on February 1st, 2008.

Source: Paramount Pictures (UK)

For further information please contact: Debbie Turner, Head of Publicity, Paramount Pictures UK, T: +44(0)207-534-5221, email: debbie_turner@paramount.com

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