“This Is It” Box Office Tops $200 Million Worldwide
Sony Pictures says Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” has passed the $200 million mark at the box office worldwide.
The film has pulled in $61 million domestically and more than $140 million overseas. That includes $27.2 million in Japan, $14.3 million in Great Britain and $12.1 million in Germany.
Sony Pictures marketing and distribution boss Jeff Blake says the film is drawing repeat business worldwide from Jackson fans.
“This Is It” captures Jackson’s final performances as he rehearsed for his aborted concert tour. The movie includes Jackson doing such hits as “Beat It,” ”Thriller,” ”Human Nature” and “Billie Jean.”
Jackson died in June just weeks before his marathon of 50 concerts was to begin in London.
“This Is It” Wins Weekend Box Office
Halloween audiences picked beats over blood this weekend, pushing “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” to the top spot, while horror phenomenon “Paranormal Activity” scored a strong second-place finish.
With a $21.3 million domestic gross, “This Is It” raised its worldwide total to a massive $101 million that easily breaks the record for a concert doc, though it falls far short of the $250 million that concert promoter AEG reportedly predicted.
Even so, the performance was good enough to convince distributor Sony (which acquired the pic for a mere $60 million) to announce that the concert pic will remain in theaters at least until Thanksgiving.
“This Is It” Breaks Records
The Man still had “it.” The highly anticipated Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It has already set a record!
The Sony film grossed an estimated $2.2 million at the North American box office during Tuesday night’s limited theater release, Variety reports. This is a record for a Tuesday October release.
On Wednesday, This Is It opened in 3,500 theaters and IMAX screens nationwide, in addition to thousands more overseas.
