..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..R.J. Matson
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Michael Wilmington

July 1, 2004

For Immediate Release

OPENING FIGURES ON “FAHRENHEIT 9/11”, AMERICA’S #1 MOVIE, EXCEED INITIAL PROJECTIONS

Critically-Acclaimed Film’s Final Opening Weekend Take is $23.9 Million on 868 Screens; Film Achieves Milestone of the

Highest Gross of Film on Less Than 1000 Screens

Film to Be on 1710 Screens for Independence Day Holiday Weekend

SANTA MONICA, CA and NEW YORK, NY, July 1, 2004 – “Fahrenheit 9/11”, the film phenomenon which has captured the hearts and minds of the entire country, set several additional box office records and grossed more than initial projections, finishing the weekend with a cumulative take of $23.9 million on just 868 screens, and a five day total of $24.1 million, it was announced by Tom Ortenberg, President of Lions Gate Films Releasing, and Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment. They also confirmed that the film will expand to 1710 screens for the Fourth of July weekend and again on Friday, July 9.

“The American press portrayed this film as a cultural juggernaut when they first saw it in Cannes. Now, looking across the country we are beginning to see this phenomenon take hold. If you have not seen this movie -- you are not part of the American discussion,” commented Fellowship Adventure Group’s Bob and Harvey Weinstein.”

“We are thrilled with the film’s stellar performance to date, and are very happy to be bringing it to a wider audience across the country this coming Independence Day weekend,” remarked Ortenberg.

"It's gratifying to see how Fahrenheit 9/11 has strongly engaged audiences and is poised

to continue to do so over this important holiday weekend," stated Sehring.

Additional box-office records, milestones and key figures set by the film since the weekend are the following:

*Film achieved a final $27,558 per screen average on 868 screens
*First film under 1000 screens to take the #1 weekend box office spot since 1994 (beating previous record holder "Four Weddings and a Funeral")
*Exit polls in 13 cities across the country showed 91% rated the film excellent, 93% said they would definitely recommend (film opened in all 50 states Nationwide)
*Number 7 on all time list of opening weekend per screen averages for all films released wide on opening weekend
*Best Saturday to Sunday hold for the year of non-holiday adult film
*Film had the best percentage hold from Saturday to Sunday of any non-kids film this year excepting Memorial Day weekend
*Film had the best Sunday-Monday hold of any film in the top 10
*Film’s box office on Monday, June 28 was a very strong $4.4 million; Tuesday’s take was $3.8 million
*Online ticket sales for the film continue to break records, key sites including Moviefone/Movietickets.com and Fandango. Monday and Tuesday sales for “Fahrenheit 9/11” on Fandango beat those for “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” during the same period following its opening weekend
*Highest advance online ticket sales for a documentary at over a million dollars and growing
Fahrenheit 9/11 is 4th film in the past 5 years to sweep the nation as a word-of-mouth film phenomenon, following Blair Witch Project (July 1999), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (April 2002), and The Passion of Christ (February 2004)

Among the numerous records already set by FAHRENHEIT 9/11 are the following:

*Highest opening weekend ever for a documentary of any type (including IMAX and concert films)
*All time box-office weekend record for any film released on less than 1000 screens, beating 1982's "Rocky III"
*Highest opening ever for a Palme d’Or winner (topping previous record holder “Pulp Fiction” in 1994)
*Opening weekend numbers have already outgrossed the total domestic box office for Academy Award® winner “Bowling for Columbine”, Michael Moore’s previous release, which was in theatrical release for nine months
*Achieved 3rd highest per screen average opening for the year to date among wide releases (behind only “Passion of the Christ” & “Shrek 2”)

This year’s winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is being released by a coalition of companies that includes Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Fellowship Adventure Group, a newly-created special-purpose company; Lions Gate Films (AMEX and TSX: LGF); and IFC Films. Pay TV rights will be handled by Showtime, Lions Gate’s Pay TV partner.

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is Michael Moore’s first feature film since BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, which won the 2003 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. FAHRENHEIT 9/11 brought Moore his first Palme d’Or and his second major award from the Cannes Film Festival, following the 55th Anniversary Prize he received at the 2002 Festival. Moore is the first documentary filmmaker in cinema history to be honored twice at Cannes.

Lions Gate Entertainment is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library of approximately 8000 titles is one of the largest in the entertainment industry. The Lions Gate brand name is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.

IFC Entertainment consists of IFC Productions, a production company that provides financing for select independent feature films and offers filmmakers unusual creative freedom to realize their personal cinematic visions; IFC Films, a leading theatrical film distribution company bringing the best of independent and specialized films to theaters; and InDigEnt, an initiative for established filmmakers to explore the medium of digital video.

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