Fathom Events Box Office Success Surges With 26 Titles Grossing Over $1 Million Domestically in 2017

DENVER, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading event cinema distributor Fathom Events has revealed that 26 of its titles grossed over $1M each at the box office in 2017. This statistic sets a new record and is a significant achievement over the company's 2016 box office success of 14 titles passing this threshold, further demonstrating the increasing value and audience interest in event cinema. Fathom Events is currently ranked as the 13^th largest distributor of content in North America to movie theaters in 2017, according to comScore.

The record-breaking 26 cinema events included nine live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, classic films "The Princess Bride" and "Singin' in the Rain," anime title "Princess Mononoke" and the box-office knockout "Mayweather vs McGregor," which became the highest-grossing sports event in Fathom's history. Six of the 26 titles grossed over $2M, led by top stage production "Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical" with $4.7 million and followed by faith-based documentaries "Is Genesis History" with $2.7 million, "In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem" with $2.5 million, "Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You!" with $2.4 million, the Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match with $2.6 million, and "Jeepers Creepers 3" with $2.2 million.

"Our accomplishments at the box office last year highlight the evolution and importance of event cinema as an industry, the strength of our distribution and the growing consumer interest in the variety of unique cinema events that Fathom offers," said Fathom Events CEO Ray Nutt. "We will use our success to continue growing our core verticals and also to focus on more live events, cultural events and experiment with new content offerings, solidifying our spot in the industry alongside major studios."

2017 FATHOM EVENTS RELEASES GROSSING OVER $1M DOMESTICALLY:

• Princess Mononoke 20th Anniversary
• The Met Live in HD: Nabucco
• TCM Big Screen Classics: Singin' in the Rain 65th Anniversary (1952)
• The Met Live in HD: Roméo et Juliette
• Dirty Dancing 30th Anniversary
• Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical!
• Is Genesis History?
• The Met Live in HD: Rusalka
• The Met Live in HD: La Traviata
• The Met Live in HD: Idomeneo
• Facing Darkness
• The Met Live in HD: Eugene Onegin
• Chonda Pierce: Enough
• The Met Live in HD: Der Rosenkavalier
• IN OUR HANDS: The Battle for Jerusalem
• Mayweather vs McGregor
• Jeepers Creepers 3
• Steve McQueen: American Icon
• MULLY
• The Met Live in HD: Norma
• The Met Live in HD: Die Zauberflöte
• TCM Big Screen Classics: The Princess Bride 30th Anniversary (1987)
• Spirited Away
• Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You!
• Genesis: Paradise Lost
• TCM Big Screen Classics: Casablanca 75^th Anniversary

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About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is the leading event cinema distributor with participating theaters in all 100 of the top Designated Market Areas^®, and ranks as one of the largest overall distributors of content to movie theaters. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) (known collectively as AC JV, LLC), Fathom Events offers a variety of one-of-a-kind entertainment events in theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top stage productions including Newsies! The Broadway Musical and George Takei's Allegiance, major sporting events such as Mayweather vs. McGregor, epic concerts with artists like Grateful Dead and Dixie Chicks, the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events such as Steve McQueen: American Icon and In Our Hands, and beloved anime titles like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. Fathom Events takes audiences behind the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate VIP experience. Fathom Events' live digital broadcast network ("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded events to 897 locations and 1,387 screens in 181 DMAs. For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com.

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