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

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:13:34 GMT

"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...

$20.1 million is it for 'This Is It'

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:54:11 GMT

Sony's unusual Wednesday launch for its Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" yielded decidedly mixed results. The documentary sold $20.1-million worth of tickets around the world, with $7.4 million coming from the U.S. and Canada and $12.7 million from 97...

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

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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 premiere....

'This Is It' headed for $10 million to $12 million opening day

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:58:54 GMT

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 to $12 million...

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

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:43:00 GMT

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

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:43:36 GMT

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 studio...

Is this it? This is (not) it!

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

You know, I really wanted to ignore all the Michael Jackson-related hoopla today, but fat chance. The title "This Is It" is distracting for a concert movie built out of Michael Jackson's rehearsal footage; mostly it just makes me think of The Strokes, but that's my problem. It is, nonetheless, a grim way to commemorate Jackson's legacy; depending on how you feel, one final film could be a promise not to exploit his legacy Tupac-style. Or maybe you believe the exploitation happened long before Jackson died and it's your moral duty to lead the investigative charge, in which case I have a Web site for you. The folks at This Is Not It aren't exactly promoting a boycott of the concert film, but something more muddled: "we can inform people and help them see the movie with different eyes." Specifically, with "eyes" that recognize Dr. Conrad Murray -- Jackson's physician...

YouTube gets 'Taxi Driver' from Sony's Crackle

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:45:00 GMT

You lookin' at YouTube? Continuing its slow journey to add premium Hollywood content, YouTube has just posted its second major studio film to the site, the 1976 classic "Taxi Driver." The film, when went on the Google-owned viral video site...

Sony curtails development spending halfway through fiscal year

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:02:48 GMT

Sony Pictures has told the Hollywood creative community that it is all but halting spending on developing new movie projects until April 1, the start of its next fiscal year. That means that for the next six months, the studio...

Sony repositioning PlayStation 3 as all-in-one entertainment device

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Nearly three years after the device launched and quickly fell behind its two major competitors, Sony is attempting to reposition its Playstation 3 video game console as an all-in-one entertainment device. The Japanese electronics giant is launching a new advertising...