'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Sellouts Top 2,000, Film Becomes No. 2 Potter Film on MovieTickets.com Advance

LOS ANGELES, CA, Jul 14 (MARKET WIRE) --
Less than 24 hours before its July 15 release, MovieTickets.com reports
over 2,000 sold out performances for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince," including almost 1,500 midnight sellouts in the U.S. alone.

Already the top advance ticket seller of 2009, "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince" has sold more advance tickets than four of the five
other Potter films, second only to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
The film became a MovieTickets.com Top-10 Advance Ticket Seller of
All-Time on Tuesday morning, moving into the No. 7 slot with 12 hours
still to go before its midnight release.

In moving into the Top-10, "Half-Blood Prince" bumped "Star Wars: Episode
II - Attack of the Clones" from the coveted Top-10 list.

MovieTickets.com Top-10 Advance Ticket Sellers of All-Time (Include IMAX)
1. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. The Dark Knight
5. Twilight
6. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Disney
Digital 3-D
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. The Matrix Reloaded
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

As of 12 p.m. ET, "Half-Blood Prince" currently accounts for 96
percent of all ticket sales at MovieTickets.com today.

"The fact that we're seeing this type of volume, despite the delay of the
IMAX wide release until July 29, is really an incredible feat for
'Half-Blood Prince,'" said Joel Cohen, executive vice president and
general manager for MovieTickets.com. "We fully expect 'Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince' to be one of MovieTickets.com's Top-5 Advance
Ticket Sellers of All-Time by the end of the day."

For more information or to speak with a MovieTickets.com representative,
contact Formula at (310) 578-7050 or via e-mail at marek@formulapr.com.

About MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the worldwide leader in advance
movie ticketing, offers moviegoers a convenient way to buy movie tickets
in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for
movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at
MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at
MovieTickets.ie; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at
mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in
2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment,
Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL), National Amusements, Cineplex
Entertainment, Marcus Theatres (NYSE: MCS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and
America Online, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to
deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite
collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of
the top 50 and over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North
America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group,
which includes 154 theater chains, is about seven times the number of
chains of its nearest competitor.

MovieTickets.com exhibitors currently include:

Abingdon Cinemall, Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters), Access Digital
Theatres, Alco Theaters, All Star Entertainment, Allred 5 Theater, AMC
Theatres, Amherst Cinema Art Center, Arena Grand Theatre (Columbus
Hospitality), Ashbrie Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters (Movies at Midway), Atlas
Cinemas, Avon Theater, Ayrsley Grand Cinemas 14, B&B Theatres, Bank Street
Theatre, Back Seat Conceptions (941 Theater), Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Carolina
Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, Cinema Centers, Cinema
Four-Quad (Quad Cinema), Cinemagic Movies, Cinemagic Theatres (MN),
Cineplex Odeon, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas, Cleveland Cinemas,
Continental Cinemas, Cornelius Cinemas, Dickinson Theatres, Dipson
Theatres, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores (O'Neil Theaters NE), Emagine
Entertainment (Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment Retail (Hollywood Hits),
Elvis Cinemas, Eveningstar Cinema, Famous Players, Film Forum, Fine Arts
Theatre - Beverly Hills, Flagship Cinemas, Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Foxmoor
Movies, Frank Theaters, Funasia Theaters, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy
Cinemas (GA), Galaxy Cinemas (NC), Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville
Cinemas (Camelot Cinemas), Hawthorne Theater, Hallett Cinemas, Harkins
Theatres, Harrisonville Cinema, HLB Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10),
Hollywood Cinemas (UK), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas,
Howell Theater, IFC Center, Island Cinemas, Jane Pickens Theater and Event
Center, Jarvis Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), K&G Theaters
(Bloomfield 8), Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz
Theatres), Lee Neighborhood Theaters, M Park 4 Multiplex Cinema,
Marketplace Cinema, Maplewood Theatre, Maiden Alley Cinema, Main Street
Cinemas, Main Street Theatres, Mall of America 14, Malco Theatres, Mann
Theatres , Marcus Theatres, Marquee Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres,
Mission Grove Theaters, Missouri Cinema 6, MJR Theatres, MnM Theatres,
Morley Theatre, Moore Family Theaters, Movie Tavern, MovieMax Theatres,
Muvico Theaters, NCG Cinemas, NAOS Entertainment, EPIC Cinemas, Narberth
Theatre, National Amusements, Nelsonville Movies 10, North American
Cinema, Oasis Cinema, Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres
(Louisiana), O'Neil Cinemas, Pacific Theatres, Paris Theater, Pavilion
Cinema (UK), Penn Cinema, Phoenix Theatres (MI), Phoenix Theatres (TN),
Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Prytania Theatre, Quarry Cinemas,
Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion Pictures, Regency 8 Cinema, Republic
Theater Group, Rheem Theater, Rio Entertainment, Riviera Cinemas, Roxy
Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Schulman Partners (Colleyville
Cinema Grill, City Lights Cinema), Scotiabank Theatres, Sea Turtle
Cinemas, ShowBiz Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Silver Screen Cinemas,
Silver Screen Partners, Southern Theatres, Southeast Cinemas, Spotlight
Theatres, Starplex Cinemas, Startime Entertainment, Star Cinema 6, Stone
Theaters, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Syracuse Stadium 6,Tango
Theaters, Torch Theaters, Tower Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, Tri City
Theatre, United Entertainment Corp., UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters,
Warren Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.

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