UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 8, 2004

PARTY CITY CORPORATION

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 983-0888

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

          99.1 Press Release issued by Party City Corporation (the “Company”), dated April 8, 2004, regarding third quarter sales results.

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

          On April 8, 2004, the Company announced its sales results for the third fiscal quarter ended March 27, 2004.

          A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the foregoing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

          The information in this Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished solely pursuant to Item 12 of this Form 8-K. Consequently, it is not deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such subsequent filing specifically references this Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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