LOTR Fan,

As most of you know, the LOTR Trilogy on Tuesday December 16 is sold out. At 12:00pm CTS tickets went on sale and they sold out in a matter of just a few minutes. It was one of the most incredible things I have every witnessed. We recorded a record number of hits on our website. There were hundreds of people trying to purchase tickets trying to purchase tickets for this simultaneously. There was probably some portion of luck involved in getting a ticket for this in that 4 and a half minute time span. I would like to thank all of you for your patience in waiting for this message to come out.

I have compiled your many e-mail questions and have a list of some of the more popular questions below:

How can I get tickets for the event on December 16?

Since this event is obviously a huge success, why don't you add more screens?
Cinemark is very excited to be hosting this unique and exciting event. We would certainly like to play this in more locations and add screens to the ones that we have. However, New Line has decided to make this available on 100 screens in the U.S. and cinemark was just happy to be able to bring this event to 8 of our screens across the country. At this time, New Line has not indicated to us that they plan to add any screens to this event. If for any reason they decide to add screens, I am sure that we would jump at the chance.

How can I get tickets to the extended versions of the first two movies?
You can purchase tickets for the extended versions of the first two movies right now. Below is the schedule for these films:

Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring - playing December 5 through December 11.
Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers - playing December 12 through December 15.
You can view showtimes and purchase tickets at www.cinemark.com.

Let me say in closing that I wish I could turn all 24 of our screens into a LOTR marathon. If it were within my power, I would do it in a heartbeat. I am truly sorry this did not work out the way you guys had hoped. If there is anything I can do to help, please do not hesitate to ask.