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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001308871-08-000001.txt : 20080603
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080603155950
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001308871-08-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080530
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080603

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000929351
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MOTION PICTURE & VIDEO TAPE PRODUCTION [7812]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 BROOKSBANK AVENUE
		CITY:			NORTH VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V7J3S5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-983-5555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 BROOKSBANK AVENUE
		CITY:			NORTH VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V7J 3S5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BERINGER GOLD CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970618

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GUYANA GOLD CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960212

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Beeks Steve
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001308871

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14880
		FILM NUMBER:		08877545

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-255-3707

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2700 COLORADO AVE., SUITE 200
		CITY:			SANTA MONICA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90404
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-05-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000929351</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LGF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001308871</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Beeks Steve</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2700 COLORADO AVE., SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA MONICA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90404</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and Co-COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-05-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>53125</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>302080</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-05-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>19098</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.85</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>282982</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Amount includes: (i) 10,000 restricted share units granted by the Issuer, payable upon vesting in an equal number of common shares of the Issuer, that are scheduled to vest on June 13, 2008; and (ii) 159,375 restricted share units granted by the Issuer, payable upon vesting in an equal number of common shares of the Issuer, that are scheduled to vest in three equal installments commencing on May 30, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents common shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of 53,125 restricted share units. No common shares were sold by the Issuer or the reporting person.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Steve Beeks (By Adrian Kuzycz by Power of Attorney)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-06-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poasb.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints Adrian I. Kurycz as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and
in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

1.	Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file for and
on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
an officer and/or director of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "Exchange Act");

2.	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

1.	This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
such attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification
of such information;

2.	Any documents prepared and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

3.	Neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes
(i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply
with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of
the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements,
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

4.	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's
obligations under the Exchange Act, including, without
limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

       The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of August, 2007.

/s/ Steve Beeks
</TEXT>
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