On October 28th, at 4am, Odeon Bristol will open the doors to allow Michael Jackson fans to see Michael Jackson’s “This Is It”. “This Is It” is a rare film that gives fans a behind-the-scene look at how Michael Jackson rehearsed for his concerts and how he developed and created his concerts. All of this was filmed prior to his concert that was supposed to be held this past summer at the London’s O2 Arena.

Since the box office opened to show the film, more than 35,000 tickets have been sold for this film. The ticket sales for “This Is It” have toppled the sales of the one time record holder Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. “This Is It” has sold more than 5.5 times more than the Harry Potter film.
This film has been on show at all major cities all around the world. Originally it was only going to run at London’s O2 Arena for 10 days but with all of the ticket sales they have recieved, they have decided to push the end date to January 7, 2010 for a grand total of 50 shows. After all 50 concerts have taken place, at least one million fans will have witnessed one of the largest and best musical performances in history. Even the large website ticketmaster was hit so hard by heavy website traffic, the website had “technical problems”.
Kenny Ortega was the director of “This Is It” and was also Michael Jackson’s creative partner. He is also one of the three producers of the film, including Paul Gongaware and Randy Phillips. Alan Escott which is the manager at Odeon Bristol said: “The team at Odeon Bristol are thrilled to be able to give local film and music fans the chance to witness a very unique cinema experience.”

Not only is this a rare, behind-the-scene look at the best pop star of all time, it is a gift from Michael Jackson to all of his loyal and loving fans from around the world. As ticket sales show, this will probably be one of the most popular pop star films of all time today and for years to come. It is really sad that Michael couldn’t be alive to see the fan response of this film. When it was showing, while he was alive, he stated that he was “thrilled” that the film is doing so well.
Since the passing of Michael Jackson, do you think that his new film, “This Is It” would be just as popular if Michael was still alive or do you think that it would have made less money? Give us your opinion.