Michael Jackson’s concert film was released into cinemas for the two weeks that the concert was going to be performed. This Is It managed to smash box office records over the Halloween weekend, records reaching $112.6 millions of dollars. Even with the record sales the film still managed to fall below some expectations within the first week. The film contains the behind the scenes documentary of the Kings concert up until his death.

After five days in the cinema This Is It has already made the highest amount of money, out running Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour, which made 70.6 million dollars worldwide last year. There obviously has been a lot of hard work that has gone into the film with it reaching world wide audience.

Michael Jackson has always received mixed emotions from his fans because of the scandals that have followed him. Despite the scandals, the film was a hit and Sony has now released a media release to say that This Is It will play for an extra week in the US, taking the total up to three weeks. In Australia the film will be extended for up to an extra three weeks depending on each state. Now all that is left for the film is an Oscar, something that would have defiantly happen when he was alive.

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Newspaper Article: Michael Jackson’s This Is It sets worldwide box office record by Lauren A.E. Schuker November 2 2009