LIONSGATE TO RELEASE FISCAL YEAR 2012 FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011, AND TO HOLD ANALYST AND INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011

LIONSGATE TO RELEASE FISCAL YEAR 2012 FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011, AND TO HOLD ANALYST AND INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011

SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 (quarter ended June 30, 2011) after market close on Tuesday, August 9, 2011.

Lionsgate senior management will hold its analyst and investor conference call to discuss its fiscal year 2012 first quarter financial results at 9:00 A.M. ET/6:00 A.M. PT on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 1-800-288-8961 (612-288-0337 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Wednesday morning, August 10, through Wednesday, August 17, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 212557.

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution and new channel platforms. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 15 shows on more than 10 networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as "Mad Men," "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with the comedy "Blue Mountain State," the upcoming drama "Boss" and the syndication successes "Tyler Perry's House Of Payne," its spinoff "Meet The Browns," "The Wendy Williams Show" and "Are We There Yet?".

Its feature film business has generated more than half a billion dollars at the North American box office in the past year, fueled by such successes as THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES, THE LAST EXORCISM and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards®. The Company's home entertainment business has grown to more than 8% market share and is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 13,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

For further information, please contact:
Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

or

Christine J. Bae
310-255-5114
cbae@lionsgate.com

SOURCE Lionsgate

Lionsgate

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

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