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Star Wars: Episode III Smashes Fandango Tickets Sales Records

Its still a month away but fans crazy to see STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH, have inundated Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, which is reporting unprecedented sales for the eagerly awaited movie, with sold-out shows in select markets. The George Lucas epic opens May 19, 2005.

SITH ranks as Fandango's fastest-selling movie to-date, selling five times as many tickets as the company's next best-selling movie (THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST) at this point in the film's sales cycle.

"Tickets are selling at light-speed," says Fandango president and ceo, Art Levitt. "Sales for SITH have surpassed anything we've seen before for a movie four weeks away from opening day. The enthusiasm of moviegoers and sales are tremendous, signaling a very busy start to the summer blockbuster season."

Online Poll on Fandango.com reveals 79% of those responding plan to see SITH on opening weekend. Fandango film commentator Richard Horgan is predicting that SITH will, "likely soar onto the top 10 all-time opening weekend box office sales list. The May 19 weekend is a chance for STAR WARS fans to come full circle with a 1977 original that helped defined the very notion of the modern blockbuster."

Moviegoers can now purchase tickets to REVENGE OF THE SITH at www.fandango.com. Tickets will go on sale on 1-800-FANDANGO on May 16.

Fandango, the nation's largest online and phone movie ticketing service, sells tickets to approximately 1,100 theaters and 12,500 screens (nearly 70% of theaters in the U.S. enabled for remote ticketing) and to four out of the five largest U.S. theater chains.

Fandango is the exclusive ticketing service for the largest North American exhibitors including Carmike Theaters, Century Theaters, Edwards Theaters, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Regal Cinemas and United Artists Theaters, as well as to Brenden Theaters, CineArts, Cineplex Odeon Cinemas, Cobb Theaters, Crown Theaters, Eastern Federal Theaters, Kerasotes Theaters, Magic Johnson, Majestic Crest Theatre, R/C Theaters, Signature Theaters, Star Theaters and Wallace Theaters. Fandango allows customers to bypass the box office with in-theater ticket pickup kiosks and print tickets at home.