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Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Just How Big Will It Be?

By Erin Carlson (Subscribe to Erin Carlson's posts), Posted Oct 15th 2009 5:30PM
Filed under: Movie News, Hot Topic
Leave it to Michael Jackson to out-perform the competition.

Amid enormous buzz and record ticket presales, the much-anticipated movie featuring footage of Jackson's last days rehearsing for his comeback concert tour could greatly exceed expectations at the global box office.

Indeed, 'This Is It' which opens wide on Oct. 28 for a two-week run, is leading ticket sales on Fandango, overtaking this week's movie releases and putting up numbers that rival recent blockbuster presales for 'Star Trek' and 'Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.' And here's a doozy: Nikki Finke reports that executives at AEG, the concert promoter that was to present Jackson's series of 50 shows in London, are predicting the movie could deliver $250 million within five days of its international premiere.
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Angelina Jolie to Kick Butt as 'The Tourist'?

By Erin Carlson (Subscribe to Erin Carlson's posts), Posted Oct 12th 2009 4:00PM
Filed under: Movie News
Angelina JolieCharlize Theron has reportedly dropped out of 'The Tourist' ... so now producers must find another A-list actress/goddess to replace her in the actiony role. Know anyone who fits that bill?

We do! And it's a no-brainer: Angelina Jolie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 34-year-old megastar is in discussions to take top billing in the film, which follows an American tourist as she becomes entangled in the hunt for an international criminal (who just so happens to be her ex flame).
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