Michael Jackson’s This Is It Tops Box Office
Michael Jackson’s This Is It was the top movie at the box office earning an estimated $21.3 million — $32.5 million since opening on Wednesday. Combined with international figures the movie, which chronicles Jackson’s preparations for his planned “This Is It” concert tour before his sudden death this summer, has earned in excess of $101 million.
Dropping to 2nd for the weekend was Paranormal Activity, which added another $16.5 million. The movie has earned more than $84.7 million after 6 weekends in release.
In 3rd place with $7.3 million was Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. The movie has earned $51.3 million after 3 weekends in release.
Rounding out the top 5 movies were Couples Retreat in 4th with $6 million ($86.6 million to-date) and Saw VI in 5th with $5.5 million ($22.8 million to-date).
Next weekend’s new releases include A Christmas Carol directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, The Box starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, The Fourth Kind with Milla Jovovich and The Men Who Stare at Goats starring George Clooney.
For more information, check out our Box Office results.
This Is It Trailer
The trailer for the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It is now online. The concert-film will have footage from the rehearsals for the 50 concerts that Michael Jackson was supposed to perform at The O2 arena in London, England before his shocking death. The sold out concerts were to take place between July 13, 2009 and March 6, 2010.
This Is It will be in theatres on October 28th for just two weeks.
Check out the trailer below.
This Is It Poster
The first poster for This Is It is now online. The concert-film will have footage from the rehearsals for the 50 concerts that Michael Jackson was supposed to perform at The O2 arena in London, England before his sudden death. The sold out concerts were to take place between July 13, 2009 and March 6, 2010 (tomorrow would have been the 23rd concert).
The Jackson estate will get 90% of the profits from the movie and AEG Live, the promoters of the concerts, will get the remaining 10%. I have a feeling this movie will be making a lot of money worldwide.
This Is It will be in theatres on October 28th.
Michael Jackson Has Passed Away
In a shocking and sad day already, it is now being reported by both TMZ.com and PerezHilton.com that Michael Jackson has passed away. More details will follow.
Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)
A couple of non-movie items to update you on. First, actress Farrah Fawcett died today after a long battle with cancer. Fawcett was best known for her role on the 70s TV series “Charlie’s Angels”. She was 62.
Second, reports are coming out of Los Angeles that Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital today after suffering cardiac arrest. Details are still emerging. Stay tuned for more updates.
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