MEDIA ALERT – February 8, 2018

“Mary and The Witch’s Flower” Lands as Top Grossing GKIDS Release and Earns Special Two-Day Encore Screenings February 24 and 26 Due to Overwhelming Fan Demand

• WHAT: The debut title from Studio Ponoc, “Mary and The Witch’s Flower,” will get a special encore screening following its successful January 18 premiere in cinemas. Grossing more than $1.1m for the special premiere event with Fathom Events led to the film debuting at number 3 at that day’s box office, with the highest per-screen-average- attendance. The total box office gross following the select theatrical release of the film now stands at $1.9m, making the title also the most successful GKIDS theatrical release in the company’s history.

This stunning, action-packed fantasy adventure is the second collaboration between Academy Award®-nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty) and two-time Academy Award®- nominated producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and When Marnie Was There). Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight. She follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right.

• WHO: Fathom Events, GKIDS and Studio Ponoc

• WHEN: Saturday, February 24, 2018; 12:55 p.m. local time (screened with English dub) Monday, February 26, 2018; 7:00 p.m. local time (screened in original Japanese with subtitles)

• WHERE: Tickets for “Mary and The Witch’s Flower” encore will be available online starting today or by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. A complete list of theater locations will be available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

MEDIA CONTACTS: Jessica Nelson / [email protected] / 720-262-2753 Katherine Schwappach / [email protected] / 720-262-2713 Erik Stein / [email protected] / 818-761-4645

ASSETS: For trailer, artwork and photos, visit the Fathom Events press site.