Fandango Sells 17% of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Opening Weekend Box Office

Fandango Sells 17% of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Opening Weekend Box Office

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango, the nation's leading movie ticketing destination, announced today that it sold 17% of all tickets for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, which took in a projected domestic weekend box office of $125.1 million*.

Deathly Hallows, Part 1 destroyed previous records on Fandango, including:

-- Top Potter Advance Ticket-Seller: the previous record-holder was 2009's
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
-- Top 2010 Daily Sales: Thanks to Deathly Hallows, Friday, November 19
was Fandango's top day for ticket sales in 2010 to date.
-- Top Percentage of Tickets Sold for a Potter Opening Weekend: Fandango's
fantastic ticket sales for Deathly Hallows, Part 1 represented the
company's largest share of the opening weekend box office for a Harry
Potter adventure.

The top five Fandango percentages for wide releases are now:

* The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) - 18% * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010) - 17% * Sex and the City (2008) - 16% *Twilight (2008) - 15% * Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) - 15%

"This was like a coming-of-age event for many long-time Harry Potter fans," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer for Fandango. "The nostalgia factor for movie-goers who grew up with Harry Potter was stronger than ever. Ticket sales on Fandango's web site and our mobile apps, including iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm and the new Windows Phone 7 are the highest we've seen this year and we expect heavy repeat business throughout the Thanksgiving holiday week."

* Estimated box office info from BoxOffice.com

About Fandango

One of the Web's top movie and entertainment destinations, Fandango sells tickets to more than 16,000 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, via your wireless mobile device at mobile.fandango.com, and 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango is a unit of Comcast Interactive Media.

SOURCE Fandango

Fandango

CONTACT: Harry Medved, +1-310-954-0461, harry.medved@fandango.com, or Melinda Petrow, +1-310-954-0278 x 231, melinda.petrow@fandango.com, both of Fandango

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

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