The mobile ticketing app has attracted Walt Disney, 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate for a series B round ahead of a rollout across the US later this year.

US-based mobile movie ticketing service Atom Tickets has raised $50m in a series B round backed by movie studios Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox, and media and entertainment conglomerate Walt Disney Company.

Atom confirmed the funding, but not the amount raised, in a press release yesterday after the Hollywood Reporter had reported the amount and the identity of the investors on Sunday.

Founded in 2014, Atom Tickets operates an online platform and smartphone app that lets moviegoers purchase tickets, snacks…