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#1

Hairspray is now the 4th most successful movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 6:37pm

and it passed Dreamgirls!

Cheers!!!


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Updated On: 8/27/07 at 06:37 PM

#2

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 7:55pm

I know there weren't a lot of movie musicals for a while before Chicago, but I think there's been more than four! re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times
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Updated On: 8/27/07 at 07:55 PM

#4

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:01pm

"I know there weren't a lot of movie musicals for a while before Chicago, but I think there's been more than four!"

Um...do all those Rodgers and Hammerstein and others filmed musicals not count??? I think there have been a lot more than 4.
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#6

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 8:58pm

bump
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#8

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:23pm

But-- I have to point out-- that the heyday of the musical was back in the days when theater admission was much less than a dollar and a film like "Wizard of Oz" (surely, a MUCH MUCH more poular musical than Hairspray) would gross $3 Million dollars.

I do love me some Hairspray, but you can't really compare it to the classics like Sound of Music or King & I.
#10

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:25pm

Yay for Hairspray. It really is a great and fun film. I don't purchase many dvd's but I'm definitely getting this one. I love the movie. Hairspray for Best Picture at the Oscars. YES!!!!!!!
#11

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:27pm

I couldn't agree more with JoeKv's post.
HAIRSPRAY may be fun to a lot of people--don't count me in that group though--but it hardly touches the brilliant classics such as THE SOUND OF MUSIC, CABARET, THE WIZARD OF OZ, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, et al.
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#12

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:28pm

I am quite sure I read on the Hairspray Box Office Tracking thread, that this BoxOfficemojo list is for Highest Grossing musicals FROM 1974 TO PRESENT !! I think mateo, who is an expert, can help us out here !

And it looks like it will beat Rocky Horror for the #3 spot !!!!
YAYYYY

Updated On: 8/27/07 at 09:28 PM

#13

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:33pm

yes it's from '74-present.



and inflation is figured in.
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re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/27/07 at 9:47pm

I'm so happy for this achievement!

I wonder how much of that money is repeat viewings? I know I'm guilty!
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#16

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 12:02am

Anyone know when Hairspray will be in its final week in theaters? I want to go see it RIGHT before it leaves theaters so I can have my own sing along :-P.

Wait--with friends.

I wouldn't go by myself!

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#17

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 12:07am

I'm SO SO stoked to hear that!! It's truly an incredibly well made movie in all aspects, and I personally really DID love it a whole lot more than Dreamgirls. Granted Jen Hudson MADE Dreamgirls brilliant, but if it hadn't been for that it would have been.. a lot more "blah" than I had expected it to be. But Hairspray is probably the most fun I've ever had in a movie theater EVER. It has such a huge heart and I could watch it over and over and over again :)
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#21

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 8:15am

FYI... THE WIZARD OF OZ bombed in its initial release.. was re-released a few years later and did not do great business. OZ only ecame popular once it started to air on television.
#22

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 8:33am

Hairspray is down to one theater in DC (and a very small one with small screen at that) re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

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#23

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 9:06am

....after 5 weeks! Pretty OK
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#24

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 9:07am

....after 5 weeks! Pretty OK
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#25

re: Hairspray is now the 4th movie musical of all times

Posted: 8/28/07 at 9:25am

"yes it's from '74-present.



and inflation is figured in."

No, inflation is not figured in to this at all. In order for Hairspray to break into the top 100 movies (in any genre, let alone musicals), it would have to gross over $308 million domestically with today's puffed up ticket prices. Transformers squeaked in at #100 recently.

Here's a list that IS adjusted for inflation:

http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

EDIT: You'll also notice that unless it grosses over $937 million domestically, it won't be bringing in the hoards of people who went to see The Sound of Music.

The figures we're "celebrating" here in this thread are non-adjusted U.S. dollars.
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Updated On: 8/28/07 at 09:25 AM

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