Regal entertainment group theatres open “all knight long” for conclusion of dark knight trilogy

Knoxville, tenn.--(business wire)--regal entertainment group (nyse: rgc), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theater circuit in the united states, announces continuous shows around the clock at select locations for “the dark knight rises.” in response to high demand for advance tickets, regal is adding more than 24 hours of continuous screenings at 32 theatres. so far regal has sold out more than 100 auditoriums for “the dark knight rises” but plenty of tickets are still available. regal entertainment group will continue to add screens and showtimes to accommodate demand as the film’s opening date of july 20 nears. “weeks before the film’s opening, regal is already seeing incredible interest by dark knight fans for premium experiences such as imax. to accommodate, regal entertainment group is adding showtimes throughout the night at many of our theatres for regal’s all knight long movie event,” stated greg dunn, president and coo of regal entertainment group. “our digital cinema platform allows us to quickly add auditoriums in response to the increasing demand for tickets to the midnight premiere of ‘the dark knight rises’.” several regal entertainment group theatres have added shows to extend the all knight long screenings throughout the entire weekend. markets where regal is offering 72 hours of continuous shows include: albany, chicago, houston, los angeles, new york, philadelphia and san francisco. the continuous schedules are only briefly interrupted for staff to prepare buildings for the next audience. regal’s dark knight marathon is also available for batman fans to enjoy the entire trilogy on july 19th for only $25. for more information: www.regmovies.com/dark_knight_marathon.aspx tickets for “the dark knight rises” are available at the box office, regmovies.com and through the regal mobile app now available for iphone and android users. regal entertainment group theatres participating in the all knight long continuous screenings include: about regal entertainment group:regal entertainment group (nyse: rgc) operates the largest and most geographically diverse theatre circuit in the united states, consisting of 6,558 screens in 520 theatres in 37 states and the district of columbia as of may 24, 2012, with over 211 million attendees for the fiscal year ended december 29, 2011. our geographically diverse circuit includes theatres in 43 of the top 50 u.s. designated market areas. we operate multi-screen theatres and have an average of 12.6 screens per location, which is well above the north american motion picture exhibition industry average. we develop, acquire and operate multi-screen theatres primarily in mid-sized metropolitan markets and suburban growth areas of larger metropolitan markets throughout the united states. additional information is available on the company's web site at www.regmovies.com. photos/multimedia gallery available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50325850&lang=en
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