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PRESS RELEASES

Date Headline
2/8/2012 FANDANGO ADDS 3,000 MOVIE SCREENS TO ITS NETWORK IN A NEWLY EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP WITH AMC THEATRES®
12/21/2011 FANDANGO JOINS WITH PAYPAL TO BRING MOVIEGOERS A NEW MOBILE PAYMENT OPTION ON ITS IPHONE AND ANDROID APPS
12/15/2011 FANDANGO SCORES BEST YEAR EVER AT THE MOVIES
12/8/2011 MOVIEGOERS ON FANDANGO PICK SEXIEST STARS AND MOST ANTICIPATED FLICKS OF 2012: CHARLIZE THERON, KATE BECKINSALE, JOHNNY DEPP AND ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. TOP FANDANGO’S HOT LIST
11/29/2011 FANDANGO ENJOYS ITS BEST THANKSGIVING WEEKEND EVER, THANKS TO A BOUNTIFUL 60% INCREASE IN MOBILE TICKET SALES
11/21/2011 FANDANGO SETS MOBILE PERCENTAGE RECORD WITH "BREAKING DAWN", WITH MOBILE REPRESENTING 22% OF WEEKEND TICKET SALES
11/17/2011 Fandango Launches Mobile Ticket at More Than 1,000 Regal Cinema Screens As Fans Scoop Up Tickets for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1”
10/28/2011 Family Film Commentator Tara Mcnamara Joins Fandango
10/18/2011 Fandango to Launch New Moviegoing App for Android Tablets
9/23/2011 Fandango Enjoys Its Best-Selling Summer Yet And Surpasses 1 Million Facebook Fans
8/18/2011 “THE HELP” NEARLY TOPS “HARRY POTTER” AS FAVORITE FILM OF THE SUMMER IN FANDANGO MOVIEGOER SURVEY
7/20/2011 Fandango’s Mobile Site and Apps Sell 20% of Its Summer Movie Ticket Sales – Setting a Record For the Most Mobile Tickets Sold During a Summer Movie Season
7/19/2011 Erik Davis Named Contributing Editor For Fandango and Managing Editor of Movies.Com
7/18/2011 Fandango Launches Movies Application on Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray Players
7/17/2011 Fandango Sells 19% of Opening Weekend Box Office for “Harry Potter” Finale; Largest Share for Any Movie in the Company’s 11-Year History
7/14/2011 "Harry Potter" Shatters Records for Midnight Shows on Fandango
7/13/2011 "Harry Potter" Is Already Fandango's Top Ticket-Seller of the Year, Selling Out 5,000 Showtimes Before Its Friday Opening
7/7/2011 'Harry Potter' Finale Sells Out More Than 2,000 Showtimes on Fandango
5/9/2011 Fandango’s Mobile & Tablet Apps Win Three Honors
2/22/2011 How to Throw Your Own Best Picture Oscar® Party
2/9/2011 Cobb Theatres Celebrates Alliance with Fandango
12/22/2010 Fandango Comes to iPad with New Moviegoing App
12/2/2010 Fandango Rings in the Holidays with “12 Days of Fandango” Celebration, Including Home Alone 20th Anniversary Contest
11/21/2010 Fandango Sells 17% of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Opening Weekend Box Office
6/3/2010 Fandango to Celebrate a Decade of Moviegoing With 10 Cent Ticket Giveaways and 10th Anniversary Guide
5/24/2010 Common Sense Media and Fandango Join Forces to Help Guide Parents to Great Movie Choices
5/11/2010 Fandango Challenges Editor to Spend “100 Days of Summer”
3/16/2010 The Twilight Saga: New Moon to Receive ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award on Thursday, March 18
3/15/2010 Fandango Launches “Mobile Ticket” at Movie Theaters in Eight Markets
3/4/2010 How to Throw Your Own Oscar® Party
2/2/2010 Moviegoers Pick Top Academy® Snubs in Fandango Poll
1/14/2010 Fandango’s Awards Season Coverage Launches with an Insiders Look at the Oscars®
11/22/2009 Fandango Sells a Record-Breaking 18% of New Moon Opening Weekend Box Office
11/15/2009 New Moon Strikes Down Dark Knight, Harry Potter and Star Wars to Become the #1 Advance Ticket-Seller in Fandango History
11/12/2009 New Moon Eclipses Twilight as #4 Top Advance Ticket–Seller on Fandango
10/21/2009 Fandango and iDeal Film Fund Form Cause-Related Ticket Partnership Surrounding the Upcoming Release of Motherhood
9/30/2009 Michael Jackson’s This Is It is a Thriller in Advance Ticket Sales on Fandango; Outpacing Hannah Montana 3D as Top-Selling Concert Film
8/13/2009 Robert Pattinson and Megan Fox are Among Most Popular Fall 2009 Stars in Fandango 'Back to School' Survey
7/15/2009 Harry Potter Overpowers The Dark Knight for #2 Spot on Fandango’s Top Advance Ticket-Sellers List
7/13/2009 Harry Potter on Track to Eclipse Twilight As Third Biggest Advance Ticket-Seller in Fandango History
7/9/2009 Harry Potter Mania Grows, With Nearly 500 Showtimes Already Sold Out on Fandango
7/7/2009 Harry Potter Outpacing Transformers in Advance Ticket Sales on Fandango
7/1/2009 Harry Potter Advance Tickets Starting to Soar on Fandango
7/1/2009 Visa Signature Partners with Fandango for Exclusive Movie Ticket Perks
6/24/2009 Transformers 2 Rolls Out with 2,000 Sold Out Midnight Shows on Fandango
6/23/2009 Fandango’s iPhone App Sees More Than 1 Million Downloads in First 90 Days
6/17/2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Outselling Star Trek and the Original Transformers on Fandango
6/11/2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Seeing Ticket Sales Surge at Fandango
6/8/2009 Fandango Launches Palm Pre Movie Ticketing and Information Application
5/20/2009 Fandango's Summer Movie Guide Showcases Favorite Road Trip Movies, Sponsored by Honda CR-V
5/6/2009 Fandango's Summer Movie Guide to Roll Out Cinematic Road Trip Itineraries
5/5/2009 Star Trek Tickets Selling at Warp Drive Speed on Fandango
4/24/2009 Advance Tickets for Wolverine and Star Trek Selling Fast on Fandango
4/7/2009 Earth Tickets Now On Sale On Fandango
3/27/2009 Fandango Offers Free Hannah Montana iTunes Download with Movie Ticket Purchase
3/23/2009 Twilight Picked by Fandango Moviegoers as Favorite Film
3/16/2009 It’s ‘Showtime’ as Fandango Launches on Apple App Store
3/2/2009 Comcast Interactive Media Appoints IAB Co-Founder and Media Veteran Scott Schiller as SVP of Advertising Sales for Fandango, Fancast, Movies.com and Plaxo
3/2/2009 Watchmen Looking Strong, Selling 61% of Tickets on Fandango
2/20/2009 Moviegoers to Pick Favorite Film of Year with ShoWest/Fandango Fan Choice Award
2/13/2009 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Tickets ‘Burnin’ Up’ on Fandango
2/12/2009 Brad & Angelina Among Honorees on Fandango’s Top 10 Best and Worst Screen Couples Lists
2/2/2009 Fandango Becomes the Movie Information and Ticketing Provider for Verizon Wireless and Verizon Hub
12/24/2008 Fox, Depp & Jackman Top the Fandango 2009 Hot List
11/26/2008 Fandango Debuts Customizable Movie Gift Cards, Including a Collectible “Twilight” Limited Edition, For Online Holiday Shoppers
11/23/2008 "Twilight" Shines Online: Fandango Sells an Estimated 15% of Film’s Opening Weekend Box Office
11/21/2008 "Twilight" Selling 5 Tickets Per Second on Fandango.com
11/20/2008 “Twilight” Overtakes ‘Harry Potter’ in #3 Spot on Fandango’s Top Advance Ticket-Sellers List
11/12/2008 Fandango’s Holiday Movie Guide Showcases Season’s Hottest Flicks and First Annual Holiday Movie Awards
10/31/2008 Twilight Tickets Selling Fast on Fandango.com, Representing 51% of Sales
10/13/2008 Halloween's Hottest Movie-Inspired Costumes Include The Joker, Iron Man and House Bunny, Says Fandango Survey
10/6/2008 Fandango Offers Free High School Musical 3: Senior Year Gift With Movie Ticket Purchase
9/30/2008 High School Musical 3 Tickets Now Available at Fandango.com
8/28/2008 Fandango Enjoys Record-Breaking Summer; Fans Pick Most Anticipated Fall Films
7/20/2008 The Dark Knight Sells 13% of Its Opening Weekend Box Office on Fandango
7/17/2008 Fandango Pacts With Reading International Theaters
7/16/2008 “Dark” Friday Looms, as “Batman” Sells Out Hundreds of Thursday Midnight (and Beyond) Showtimes on Fandango.com
7/9/2008 “The Dark Knight” Sells Out Fastest Just Before the Dawn on Fandango
6/30/2008 “The Dark Knight” Tickets Selling Out on Fandango
6/20/2008 Fandango Acquires Movies.com
6/1/2008 Sex and the City Moviegoers Do the Fandango;
5/20/2008 “Sex and the City” Movie Tickets Now Available from Fandango
5/8/2008 “Indiana Jones 4” Tickets Now Available from Fandango
5/1/2008 Indiana Jones' Hawaii and Iron Man's Eastern Sierra Top Fandango's Summer Movie 'Vacation on Location' Survey
4/23/2008 Fandango and Microsoft’s Tellme to Launch Voice-Activated Mobile Application for Movie Information
3/31/2008 Fandango Filmgoers Have a Jones for “Indiana”
2/12/2008 There Will be Bloody Marys
2/3/2008 Disney's Hannah Montana 3D Rocks Ticketing Records on Fandango
1/17/2008 Fandango’s Awards Watch Section Launches with Exclusive Content
11/7/2007 Fandango Expands Reach by Launching Moviegoing Application for Facebook Pages
8/31/2007 Fandango Breaks Records During Historic Box Office Summer
7/10/2007 SOLD OUT! Harry Potter Tickets are Flying Away on Fandango
7/5/2007 Transformers Crushes Fandango's Fourth of July Ticketing Record
6/20/2007 Spider-Man 3 Smashes Ticketing Records on Fandango; Selling Ten Tickets Per Second, Biggest Ticket-Sales Day Ever
6/20/2007 Take a Vacation on Location: Fandango’s New Summer Movies Road Trip Guide Offers Blockbuster Travel Tips
6/20/2007 Pirates 3 Hoists Fandango to Biggest Month in Company History
6/20/2007 Fandango Moviegoers Pick the “Top Tens” of Summer
4/11/2007 Comcast Reaches Agreement to Acquire Fandango and Announces Plan to Launch Fancast.com, New National Online Destination
1/24/2007 Fandango’s Red Carpet Coverage Launches with Free Movie Ticket Giveaway
1/18/2007 Fandango Appoints Former Yahoo! Exec Daniel V. Murray as CFO
1/3/2007 “The Fandango Fifty”: Moviegoers Pick the Top Stars of 2007
11/22/2006 Fandango Appoints Rick Butler as COO
10/26/2006 Fandango Appoints Century Theatres’ Robert Macias as Director of Exhibitor Relations
10/16/2006 Fandango Appoints Stacey Olliff as Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs
7/10/2006 Fandango Names Chuck Davis as Chairman & CEO
7/10/2006 PointRoll and Fandango Partner to Empower Movie Studios, Transforming Online Advertising into a Point of Sale
7/9/2006 Pirates Plunders Fandango Opening Weekend Ticketing Records
6/26/2006 Fandango Teams With IAC Search & Media to Offer Users Direct Access to Movie Tickets
5/9/2006 Fandango Partners with Helio for Mobile Movie Ticketing Service
5/2/2006 Top Summer Movie Stars Ranked by “Fandango Hot List” Moviegoer Poll
3/20/2006 Fandango Partnering with Cingular on Mobile Movie Ticketing Service
3/6/2006 Fandango to Launch Mobile Movie Ticketing Service with Sprint
12/28/2005 Fandango Pacts with Five New Exhibitors and Names Rick Butler as CIO
12/1/2005 Fandango and TiVo to Launch the First Major Television Application For Movie Information and Ticketing
11/20/2005 Harry Potter Breaks Fandango Ticketing Records
11/15/2005 Four Lucky Fandango Filmgoers Will Journey to Narnia World Premiere in London on Dec. 7
10/31/2005 Fandango Pacts with Carmike Cinemas to Extend Long-Term Partnership
9/26/2005 Fandango To Launch Mobile Service For Movie Information, Messaging and Ticketing
8/23/2005 Fandango and eBay Forge Strategic Marketing Agreement
6/8/2005 Fandango and IMAX Launch New Online Portal
5/22/2005 Revenge is Sweet: Final Star Wars Movie Breaks Fandango Records
4/13/2005 Fandango and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Continue to “Enjoy the Show” for Another Six Years
3/16/2005 Fandango Reels In Crown Theatres
2/23/2005 Fandango to Provide Online Movie Ticketing To IMDb.com, The World's Most Comprehensive Movie Information Site
12/9/2004 Fandango Announces Marketing Partnership With IMAX
11/12/2004 Fandango and Century Theatres Extend Contract Through 2010
1/6/2003 Fandango Announces $15 Million Investment From Technology Crossover Ventures