‘This is it’ US$101 Million worldwide in its first five days
Posted on November 3, 2009 by by scoop
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” has pull in US$101 million worldwide in its first five days and Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. Associated Press
“This Is It” has made a total of $32.5 million in the USA and $68.5 million overseas, including $10.4 million in Japan, $7.6 million in Great Britain, $6.3 million in Germany, $5.8 million in France, $3.2 million in China.
“This Is It” originally was scheduled for a theatrical run of only two weeks. The studio has extended it a few more weeks in the USA, leaving it in theaters through Thanksgiving weekend, one of the year’s busiest moviegoing times.
Sony plans to extend the run of “This Is It” worldwide on a country-by-country basis, with most territories probably getting one to three weeks of extra playing time”
The studio paid $60 million for film rights to Jackson’s rehearsal footage, an investment the movie recouped in days.
