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Thursday, May 8, 2008

WrestleMania® XXIV Tops One Million PPV Buys…Again

Courtesy of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.:

STAMFORD, Conn., May 8, 2008 – WrestleMania XXIV generated approximately 1.1 million pay-per-view buys, amounting to $23.8 million in pay-per-view revenue in the first quarter of 2008.

WrestleMania XXIV also grossed more than $5.85 million in ticket sales, making it the highest grossing live event in WWE history and in the history of the Citrus Bowl. The premiere event in sports entertainment also set an attendance record for the Citrus Bowl with 74,635 fans from all 50 states, five Canadian provinces and 21 countries.

By comparison, WrestleMania 23 generated approximately 1.2 million buys and $24.6 million in pay-per-view revenue, which was recorded during the second quarter of 2007.

WrestleMania XXIV will be released on DVD on Tuesday, May 20. Both the 3-disc deluxe DVD package and the 2-disc Blu-ray version will include all of the action and excitement of WrestleMania XXIV, as well as four and a half hours of extras - including the entire 2008 Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the WrestleMania Battle Royal.

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