'Inception' Wins Fandango Fan Choice Award

'Inception' Wins Fandango Fan Choice Award

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Inception might not be the frontrunner for Best Picture at tomorrow night's Academy Awards® ceremony, but film fans at Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, have already chosen it as their favorite film of 2010. The award will be presented at CinemaCon's Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, March 31 in Las Vegas.

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Inception beat out 14 other fan favorites, including The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Toy Story 3 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, in a month long online survey exclusively featured on Fandango's Awards Watch section at http://awardswatch.fandango.com/2011/ballotbox/fanchoiceaward.php . Polls closed yesterday at 5:00 P.M. PT.

"Christopher Nolan might not have been nominated by the Academy as the year's Best Director, but he certainly hit a home run with Fandango fans for his incredible vision with Inception," says Ted Hong, Chief Marketing Officer of Fandango. "Inception won over both critics and mainstream moviegoers, and it represented a significant portion of our tickets sales in 2010."

Thousands of moviegoers voted for their favorite film of 2010, picking the winner from a list comprised of the fifteen top-grossing films of the year. Fans also had the opportunity to participate in a sweepstakes for a chance to attend the CinemaCon Final Night Banquet and Awards Ceremony.

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