EXHIBIT 23.3

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Lions Gate
Entertainment Corp. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated June 27, 2003 (except for Note 25, as to which the date is March 24,
2004), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Lions Gate
Entertainment Corp. and our report dated May 17, 2002, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Mandalay Pictures LLC, included in the
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended
March 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                            /S/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Los Angeles, California
March 26, 2004