Mama Mia highest grossing film ever...in the UK

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/.../us_mammamia_1

"Mamma Mia!" has sunk "Titanic" at the U.K. box office.

The ABBA-themed musical replaced the maritime romance as the highest-grossing movie ever released in the U.K. after selling 69.1 million pounds ($105.8 million) worth of tickets, Universal Pictures International said Tuesday. "Titanic," by contrast, finished up with 69 million pounds in 1998.

"Titanic" remains the biggest film ever released worldwide, with sales of $1.8 billion. "Mamma Mia" earned about $572 million, with Japan the only major market remaining. All figures are unadjusted for inflation.

Buh wha?!

[Buslady]

insane in the membrane they are

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

The irony being is that all the reviews I saw of the movie were negative.

[Drtooth]

And to think... The Producers with as much of the original cast, a well written musical with original music, only opened in like, five theaters nationwide for a week.

[Cure]

Shouldn't this be in the Movies section?

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by TheCure

Shouldn't this be in the Movies section?

Yes, yes it should. *moved*

[Sewer Bull]

I wonder why people are so disgusted with that, really.

Originally Posted by Drtooth

And to think... The Producers with as much of the original cast, a well written musical with original music, only opened in like, five theaters nationwide for a week.

Cos everyone knows ABBA songs, duh.

I bet lots of middle-aged and older people, who normally don't go to cinema, went to see that movie, to have fun and listen to the music of their youth.