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Jackson film 'This Is It' performs well overseas

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • A dance group performs Michael Jackson's Thriller video in the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village in New York
    A dance group performs Michael Jackson's Thriller video in the ...
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  • Children dressed as Michael Jackson and other characters of Thriller dance at a Halloween parade in Kawasaki
    Children dressed as Michael Jackson and other characters of Thriller ...
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A dance group performs Michael Jackson's Thriller video in the ...
The last time one of Michael Jackson's tours played the continental United States was 1988. So perhaps it's no surprise that "This Is It," Sony Pictures' film made from rehearsal footage for Jackson's planned London concert series, did more than twice as much business internationally...
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  • News Source: International Herald Tribune | about 1 month ago
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  • Blog Source: celebryti.blogspot.com
    Michael Jackson film tops US box office. The film opened simultaneously around the world. Michael Jackson film This Is It has topped the North American box office in its first weekend of release. The film, which was released worldwide ...
  • Blog Source: gadgetophilia.com
    'This Is It' tops charts with $101M worldwide. ... “They bet $60 million on this and got $101 million in just five days,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “It was a gamble and a bet that paid off.” The movie fell
  • Blog Source: www.billboard.biz
    The studio paid $60 million for film rights to Jackson's rehearsal footage, an investment the movie recouped in days. "They bet $60 million on this and got $101 million in just five days," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for ...
  • Blog Source: americannonsense.com
    'Michael Jackson's This Is It' has earned the top spot on the weekend box office and raised $101 million worldwide in five days. The Associated Press.
  • Blog Source: artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
    1, beat the previous record for a concert film. “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,” the former record holder, had a lifetime worldwide gross in 2008 of $70.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Named after Mr.
  • Blog Source: www.altfg.com
    Sony Pictures' Michael Jackson documentary This Is It prevailed at the North American box office this weekend, with $21.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Kenny Ortega-directed film opened at 3481 ...
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  • Posted By crazy1 crazy1 | about 1 month ago
    i hate this man for molesting all of those children!
  • Posted By judeleneperez judeleneperez | about 1 month ago
    I havent watch the special.
  • Posted By RickyMontie RickyMontie | about 1 month ago
    He didn't molest anyone. And why should this man get fame and glory like he is? Everyone dies. What's so special about him? He sings? I bet you more people can sing better than him than he ever could.
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