It only took one day for the Michael Jackson documentary, “This Is It”, to land on the list of all-time, highest-grossing music documentaries. With $7.4 million is sales on Wednesday, “This Is It” is in 5th place on the list, but should move-up to 2nd by the end of the weekend. The Miley Cyrus “Best of Both Worlds” concert movie is the #1 all-time music documentary. It made $65.3 million last year. M.J. should give Hannah Montana a run for her money.
Sony is so high on “This Is It” that they have begun a campaign to get it a Best Picture Oscar nomination. That may be a stretch, but with that category now expanded to 10 films, you never know.
I’ll be seeing “This Is It” Friday night and will tell you then whether or not it deserves Academy Award consideration.