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WOW the Michael Jackson movie is doing amazingly well on the charts as it sweeps to number one in box office all over the world and locally. In South Africa, Michael Jackson’s This Is It grossed R 3,677,446 for the opening weekend and released at 81 cinemas around the country. Its got one more week to go and it will be off the cinemas so people if you want to see the moving flick, tickets are still available at cinemas or online at www.thisisitmovie.co.za . READ: Since Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT was released October 28 in theaters worldwide, the late performer’s fans everywhere have responded, already making it the highest-grossing concert film of all-time with a worldwide total of $101 million and counting, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. With an estimated gross of $32.5 million domestically and $68.5 internationally, the film’s worldwide take in just five days of release has surpassed the record pre...

The first new song by Michael Jackson to emerge since the star’s death is to be released next month by Sony Music Entertainment . The single will be called “This is It” and comes out on Oct. 12, Jackson’s official Web Site said. A two-disc album of the same title will be available internationally on Oct. 26 and North America on Oct. 27 through Sony Music Entertainment’s Columbia/Epic Label Group. The album contains music from the movie “Michael Jackson’s This is It,” which follows on Oct. 28. Jackson, 50, who died in June, sold 750 million records worldwide in his lifetime and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time, according to Sony. The film will show a rare, behind-the-scenes look of Jackson as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. The film’s world gala will be in Los Angeles at t...