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#26

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 5:16pm

Boooooooooo.

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

#27

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:17pm

All lists of the highest-grossing ANYTHING don't factor in inflation (i.e. the highest grossing comedy on Labor Day, the biggest opening for an R-rated movie, etc.).

Face it, for all intents and purposes, and underserving as it is, MAMMA MIA is the third highest grossing movie musical.

Let it go.

#28

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:50pm

I don't get how some people are so offended at the fact that MAMMA MIA! has become the third highest grossing movie musical in film history. As if it were some crime against humanity or Julie Andrews, or both. LMAO.

#29

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:52pm

This thread is hilarious.

#30

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 8:34pm

I don't get how some people are so offended at the fact that MAMMA MIA! has become the third highest grossing movie musical in film history.

Because MAMMA MIA! is a crime against film history. To me (hold back your spears, fans).

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

Updated On: 8/22/08 at 08:34 PM

#31

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 8:49pm

I take no offense, I was just trying to pass along some information. It is not the third highest grossing musical film in history. No matter what anything says. It's not even the 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th. I already posted what the top musical films were. If you want to say that Mamma Mia is the third highest grossing musical film in history, go right ahead, but you're wrong. And what does Julie Andrews have to do with it?

#32

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 9:11pm

Bustopher, go ahead. If it makes you feel better, just pretend it said that Mama Mia was the third grossest movie musical of all time. There. Better now?

#33

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 9:12pm

JohnBoy, I really don't care. It's really not that big of a deal. It makes no difference to me, the money ain't going in my pocket. I just find the reactions hilarious.

Updated On: 8/22/08 at 09:12 PM

#34

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 9:27pm

"Just because you say it's the real list doesn't make it the real list, JohnBoy."

Just because a writer puts "copyright" on his work doesn't mean it's his.

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

#35

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Posted: 8/22/08 at 9:39pm

True

#36

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Posted: 8/23/08 at 12:35am

Yes, technically, The Sound of Music is the highest grossing movie musical, but since we are talking about 1974 till now and not counting inflation, then Grease is number one, followed by Chicago, then Mamma Mia! (I loved it by the way). But if someone did ask me randomly "What is the highest grossing movie musical?", I would honestly answer Sound of Music.
It's like saying that Titanic is the highest grossing movie of all time, but technically it's Number 6. The highest is Gone With the Wind, followed by Star Wars, then Sound of Music.

Julie Andrews must be blessed or something to have her third and first movie as the first & second highest grossing movie musical of all time (adjusted to inflation).

#37

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Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:49am

1974 to now? What a stupid list! Why don't we just talk about movies released on a Thursday, with the letter "W" in them?

Face it. It means nothing.

The real stupid part is that the movie industry is the ONLY industry that counts money instead of number of units sold and/or audience size. Music, TV, books, theatre, all are concerned with how many people are buying or watching.

Movies look at dollars. Because tickets now cost $9-15 each, and cost $.35 when Gone With the Wind came out, it's ridiculous to throw out terms like "all time biggest" or "record breaker."

If you broke it down, you'd see that attendance is severely down from what it used to be, even 30 years ago, let alone 60.

So... this has nothing to do with Mamma Mia. And Mamma Mia has nothing to do with all-time, record-breaking anything.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#38

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Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:54am

Mamma Mia can gross as much as it wants, still doesn't make it any good.

#39

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Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:17am

I only look at those charts to see how a movie is faring in today's market. Relative to today's audiences and today's ticket prices.

But the minute you, they, or anyone else start throwing around terms like "all time" or "highest grossing ever," it's a big egotistical joke.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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