Disney's Hannah Montana 3D Rocks Ticketing Records on Fandango; Nation's Largest Online Movie Ticketer Sells More Than 30% of Film's Projected Weekend Box Office

Disney's Hannah Montana 3D Rocks Ticketing Records on Fandango; Nation's Largest Online Movie Ticketer Sells More Than 30% of Film's Projected Weekend Box Office

Hannah Surpasses The Passion as Fandango's Biggest February Advance Ticket- Seller

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, announced today that new company ticketing records were set by Walt Disney Pictures' Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in Disney Digital 3D, which enjoyed a projected weekend box office of $29 million*.

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Hannah Montana 3D is making history across the board:
-- Fandango sold more than $9 million of the film's projected $29 million
opening weekend box office, or more than 30% of Hannah Montana 3D
ticket sales, shattering Fandango's previous records.
-- Hannah is Fandango's top advance ticket-seller for a February opening
(the previous record-holder was 2004's The Passion of The Christ).
-- Hannah now ranks as Fandango's fifth biggest advance ticket-seller in
company history. Rounding out Fandango's all-time top five are: 1. Star
Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith; 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire; 3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; 4. Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World's End.
-- Hannah is Fandango's top-selling concert movie in the company's seven-
year history.
-- Hannah has been the top-selling title on Fandango since tickets went on
sale on Dec. 1, 2007.
-- January 2008 is now the second most heavily-trafficked month in
Fandango history** (the record belongs to July 2007, when Transformers
and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opened).

"Hannah Montana 3D 's advance ticket sales have been truly extraordinary," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer of Fandango. "Disney's marketing and distribution teams, along with our theater partners, have done a sensational job in creating awareness and building momentum for this exceptional event. We look forward to working with our partners to bring more unique moviegoing experiences like Hannah to the general public in the future."

* Studio estimates.
** Internally-sourced traffic.

About Fandango

One of the Web's top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango sells tickets to more than 15,000 screens. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance. Fandango is available at www.fandango.com, 1-800-FANDANGO and via your wireless mobile device at mobile.fandango.com. Fandango theater partners include the nation's leading exhibitors: AMC Theatres, Carmike Cinemas, Century Theatres, Cinemark Theatres, Edwards Theatres, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theatres, as well as American Cinematheque, Brenden Theatres, CineArts Theatres, Cinebarre, Cobb Theatres, Hollywood Theatres, IMAX, Kerasotes Theatres, Majestic Crest Theatre, Premiere Theatres, R/C Theatres, Wehrenberg Theatres and Winchester Theatres.

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CONTACT: Harry Medved of Fandango, Inc., +1-310-954-0278 x112,
harry.medved@fandango.com

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