Showing posts with label Mamma Mia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mamma Mia. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Dear Lord

The UK all time box office top 3:

1

Titanic

1997

1998

US

69,025,646

2

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

2001

US/GB

66,096,060

3

The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

2001

US/New Zealand

63,009,288


Mamma Mia has just passed $66 million and now has Titanic in its sights. Are we really okay with Mamma Mia being the UK's highest grossing film of all time?

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Mamma Mia!

Someone once said there are two kinds of people in the world: those that like ABBA, and those that like ABBA but won't admit it. Whether or not it is cool to like ABBA, I'll happily admit that I do and - whilst I wasn't crazy enough about them to rush and see the stage show - I had enough interest to see Mamma Mia on opening weekend. Part of the lure was seeing Pierce Brosnan singing, part of the lure was Meryl Streep, but mostly I was there to hear Voluez Vous, Knowing Me Knowing You and Waterloo in Dolby Surround. Why then was I thinking what on earth possessed me just two minutes in?

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