LIONSGATE TO RELEASE FISCAL 2017 FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS AND HOLD ANALYST AND INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL AFTER MARKET CLOSE ON T...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, today announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 (quarter ended June 30, 2016) after market close on Thursday, August 4, 2016.

Lionsgate senior management will hold its analyst and investor conference call to discuss its first quarter fiscal year 2017 financial results at 5:00 P.M. ET/2:00 P.M. PT on Thursday, August 4. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 1-800-230-1092 (612-288-0340 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Thursday afternoon, August 4, through Thursday, August 11, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 398706.

ABOUT LIONSGATE
Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, international distribution and sales, branded channel platforms, interactive ventures and games, and location-based entertainment.  The Company has nearly 80 television shows on 40 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses.  These include the critically-acclaimed hit series Orange is the New Black, the beloved series Nashville, the syndication successes The Wendy Williams Show and Celebrity Name Game (with FremantleMedia), the breakout series The Royals and the Golden Globe-nominated dramedy Casual.

The Company's feature film business spans eight labels and includes the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, the Now You See Me, Divergent and John Wick series, Sicario, The Age of Adaline, Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and Mr. Holmes, Codeblack Films' Addicted and breakout concert film Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain and Pantelion Films' Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rates.  Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 16,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as a 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. www.lionsgate.com

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