LIONSGATE TO RELEASE FISCAL YEAR 2012 THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS AFTER MARKET CLOSE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012, AND TO HOLD ANALYST AND INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012

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Feb 06, 2012, 01:51 ET

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 (quarter ended December 31, 2011) after market close on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

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Lionsgate senior management's analyst and investor conference call to discuss its fiscal year 2012 third quarter financial results will be held at 9:00 A.M. ET/6:00 A.M. PT on Friday, February 10, 2012. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 877-260-8900 (612-332-0720 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Friday morning, February 10, through Friday, February 17, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 236751.

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, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. 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 the multiple Emmy Award-winning "Mad Men", "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie" along with the comedy "Blue Mountain State," the Golden Globe-winning 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 been fueled by such recent successes as THE LINCOLN LAWYER, TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, THE EXPENDABLES, MARGIN CALL, THE LAST EXORCISM and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which won two Academy Awards®. With the January 2012 acquisition of Summit Entertainment, the Company now has the two leading young adult franchises – the blockbuster TWILIGHT SAGA, which has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office, and the HUNGER GAMES franchise, whose first film will be released on March 23. Recent Summit hits include RED, LETTERS TO JULIET, KNOWING, the STEP UP franchise and the Academy Award winning Best Picture THE HURT LOCKER.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business 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 and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

For further information, please contact:
Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
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Kinley L. Cross
310-255-5114
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SOURCE Lionsgate