Consumers Can Visit West Coast Chevron ExtraMile Locations for Chances to Win Thousands of Instant Prizes, Including 50 Xbox 360® Consoles with Battleship™ the video game and 2000 $25 Fandango Bucks prizes

SAN RAMON, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chevron ExtraMile today announced its new Battleship™ Commander Instant Win Game in support of Universal Pictures' upcoming Battleship™. Now through June 30, each visitor to participating ExtraMile locations in California, Oregon and Washington can request a game card with a 1 in 10 chance to win instant prizes such as one of 50 Xbox 360® consoles with the new Battleship™ the video game, one of 2000 $25 Fandango Movie Bucks prizes and more.

"We are thrilled to announce the Battleship™ Commander game

Jeremy Steckler and Michael Klein

Under president Dawn Ostroff, the publishing company's new film and TV division is ramping up.

Publish Date: March 26, 2012

By: PRNewswire

Fandango Sells 17 "Hunger" Tickets per Second on Opening Day, Shattering Single Day Record and Top Mobile Weekend Record

Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, announced today that it sold 22% of opening weekend ticket sales for "The Hunger Games", marking the largest share of sales for any movie in Fandango's nearly 12-year history. During the weekend's peak ticket-selling periods, Fandango was selling 17 tickets per second, representing the company's top franchise opener, best-selling March release, top-selling mobile weekend and Fandango's top-selling single day (March 23, 2012) for a movie, besting "The Dark Knight" opening day on July 18, 2008.

Fandango's share of all domestic ticket sales for "The Hunger Games" –

Publish Date: March 23, 2012

By: Monica Corcoran

Such is the hope of Hollywood cross-promoters these days, as movie tie-ins go beyond lunch boxes and action figures and move into beauty products like perfumes, hair gel, curling irons and lipsticks.

Moviegoers, it seems, want more than just merchandise; they want to embody the characters. “Our readers want to know how to get their look,” said Rosie Amodio, the editor of InStyle.com.

The latest push is by “The Hunger Games,” the action movie based on the best-selling young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. In the film, which opened this weekend, teenagers in a dystopian society are conscripted to fight to the death in an ultra-chic enclave known as the Capitol.

Lionsgate, the studio behind the film, worked

Publish Date: March 23, 2012

By: PRNewswire

WITH NEARLY 2,000 SHOWTIMES ALREADY SOLD OUT, BEFORE ITS DEBUT AT THE BOX OFFICE

Epic Adventure Trending To Be One of Top 5 Advance Ticket-Sellers in Fandango History

With a little more than two days left before itsMarch 23 release date, "THE HUNGER GAMES" is already the top-selling franchise opener and non-sequel in Fandango's nearly 12-year history. This hotly-anticipated film is also on track to become one of Fandango's top-selling movies of all time.

"HUNGER" has already hit the following Fandango milestones:

• 92% of daily ticket sales;
• Nearly 2,000 showtimes sold-out in advance on Fandango;
• The top ticket-seller of the year to date;
• The top-selling March release in company history;
• More mobile ticket sales than any

Publish Date: March 21, 2012

By: Sheila Shayon

The Hunger Games movie opening is expected to break all Hollywood records, even eclipsing the now benign-seeming franchises of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Twilight. The first of four planned movies is projected to rake inmore than $100 million at the box office this upcoming weekend, with more than $1 million worth of tickets alreadypre-sold.

The trilogy, written by bestselling author Suzanne Collins, has 24 million copies in print in the U.S. and a built-in fan base that Lionsgate Entertainment has leveraged with unprecedented acumen.

They started traditionally with print ads in newspapers, 50+ magazine cover stories, 3,000 billboard and bus shelter displays, and 80,000 distributed posters.  And then

Warner Bros. Pictures partnered with Carl’s Jr. for the film WRATH OF THE TITANS. Carl’s Jr. offered customers a WRATH OF THE TITANS themed cup with the purchase of a large beverage. The cup contained a code to enter at www.carlsjr.com for a sweepstakes. One grand prize winner was selected to win a trip to Las Vegas which included airfare, four nights stay at Caesar’s Palace hotel, a $150 Caesar’s Palace dining certificate and either a skydiving package or a $500 Caesar’s Palace Qua Spa Certificate. First prize winners received 2 Hollywood Movie Money certificates and second prize winners received a ten dollar Carl’s Jr. Gift card.  The sweepstakes ran from March 14, 2012 through April 10, 2012. WRATH OF THE TITANS released in theaters March 30,

Publish Date: March 14, 2012

By: Kelly West 

Drug PSA’s were all the rage on television back in the ’80’s, so it’s fitting that the cast of the 21 Jump Street would spoof one, likely as a promotion for the Phil Lord and Chris Miller directed comedy, which is set to hit theaters this weekend. Of course, this video doesn’t warn against actual drugs, but rather the dangers of pretend drugs, which pretend kill. 

The comedic take on the popular ’80’s TV series will have Channing Tatum and “famous person” Jonah Hill playing undercover cops as they investigate a high school drug ring. Apparently this involves a fictional drug called HFS, which has prompted Tatum, Hill, and Rob Riggle to team with Funny or Die on this video,