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The numbers on 'This Is It'

The first-day box office figures for the concert doc "Michael Jackson's This Is It" were "solid, not spectacular," Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke quotes Hollywood insiders as saying.

Wednesday's figures were around $12 million in the United States, though Sony won't release its official numbers until later today. With that kind of business, the movie is expected to take in between $40 million and $50 million for the five-day Halloween weekend.

The movie is faring better with America's movie critics, with some exceptions. "This Is It" scored an impressive 81 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic, which compiles ratings from the nation's most prominent critics, scores the movie a 65 out of 100 — with plenty of raves (Roger Ebert, Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman) and a few pans (notably Lou Lumenick at The New York Post).

 

This entry was posted on October 29th, 2009 at 09:38:36 am and is filed under This week's movies.