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Big Sunday shows 'This Is It' isn't performing like a concert film by Company Town

"This Is It" continues to throw all the old rules about concert movies out the window. Domestic ticket sales for the Michael Jackson movie totaled $8.3 million on Sunday, nearly $2 million more than the $6.3 million Sony Pictures projected....

'This Is It' on its way to $200 million-plus, thanks mainly to foreigners by Company Town

He's huge in Japan. Michael Jackson's swan song "This Is It" made up for a so-so start domestically by doing more than twice as much business overseas. The movie sold $32.5 million over its first five days in the U.S....

Sony's aborted attempt to release 'This Is It' DVD before Christmas by Company Town

Sony Pictures desperately wanted to release the DVD of the Michael Jackson concert movie "This Is It" for the holiday shopping season, but backed down after movie theater owners balked that it was too soon following the film's theatrical...
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'This Is It' headed for $10 million to $12 million opening day by Company Town

The opening-day box office for "This Is It" is neither a "Thriller" nor "Bad." According to executives at several studios who have been tracking the returns, the new Michael Jackson documentary is likely to sell $10 million...

'This Is It' collects $2.2 million from late night shows by Company Town

Michael Jackson fans beat it to theaters in droves last night. "This Is It" sold $2.2 million worth of tickets in late night Tuesday screenings in the U.S. and Canada, a strong number for a weeknight outside of the summer,...

Michael Jackson should have been there by Company Town

It was just plain weird that Michael Jackson wasn't at last night's world premiere of his concert film "This Is It" at L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre. "He would have loved this," said Sony Pictures movie chief Amy Pascal, whose...
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Michael Jackson movie opening moved up two days by Company Town

Now this is really it. Aiming to create a cinematic happening out of the theatrical release of its newly acquired Michael Jackson movie, Sony announced today that “Michael Jackson: This Is It” will arrive in theaters for a limited two-week...
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Michael Jackson movie coming out Oct. 30 with 3-D sequences by Company Town

Michael Jackson will be hitting the big screen on one of the toughest dates of the year at the box office. Sony Pictures today confirmed the long-reported deal that it is joining with Sony Music Entertainment to release a movie...
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A memorial for Michael Jackson, forerunner of the modern movie star by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

By Steven Zeitchik If they could come up with a way to measure interest in spectacle like they do box-office, the Michael Jackson funeral would of course trump any blockbuster in any theater in decades (yes, even you, Michael Bay).... Read More...
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Bruno: Michael Jackson jokes no longer funny by Company Town

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless, equal-opportunity offender, but when it comes to jokes about Michael Jackson in Cohen's new film "Bruno," there apparently are limits: at the last minute, "Bruno's" filmmakers have...
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Fate of Beatle songs, one of Jackson's most valued assets, up in the air by Company Town

One of Michael Jackson's most valued assets was his 50% stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which has more than 750,000 copyrights. They include many hit Beatles songs as well as songs by Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Lady Gaga and the...
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