SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 7, 2015 /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 2016 (quarter ended June 30, 2015) after market close on Thursday, August 6, 2015.

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Lionsgate senior management will hold its analyst and investor conference call to discuss its first quarter fiscal year 2016 financial results at 9:00 A.M. ET/6:00 A.M. PT on Friday, August 7, 2015. Interested parties may participate live in the conference call by calling 1-800-230-1074 (612-288-0329 outside the U.S. and Canada). A full digital replay will be available from Friday morning, August 7, through Friday, August 14, by dialing 1-800-475-6701 (320-365-3844 outside the U.S. and Canada) and using access code 363943.

ABOUT LIONSGATE

Lionsgate is a premier next generation global content leader with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms, video games and international distribution and sales. Lionsgate currently has more than 30 television shows on over 20 different networks spanning its primetime production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men and Nurse Jackie, the broadcast network series Nashville, the syndication success The Wendy Williams Show, the hit series Orange is the New Black, the critically-acclaimed drama Manhattan and the breakout series The Royals.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first two installments of the Divergent franchise, The Age of Adaline, CBS/Lionsgate's The DUFF, John Wick, Now You See Me, Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and A Most Wanted Man, Lionsgate/Codeblack Films' Addicted 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 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. www.lionsgate.com

For further information, please contact:
Peter D. Wilkes
310-255-3726
pwilkes@lionsgate.com

or

Cristina Castaneda
310-255-5114
ccastaneda@lionsgate.com

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