Hairspray is #5 on Weekend Box Office; $80 Mil. to Date

By: Aug. 06, 2007
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New Line Cinema's musical comedy Hairspray , which made history as the highest grossing opening day movie musical ever, continued a strong showing at the box office this weekend.

With an estimated cumulative domestic gross of $78,954,000 as of August 5th, Hairspray was #5 on the weekend box office chart - placing after The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons Movie, Underdog, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.  It was released nationwide on July 20th.

Sixteen years after the release of the original film, New Line Cinema has brought the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hairspray to life. Featuring new and original material based on John Waters' 1988 cult classic about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, the comedy features a remarkable collection of talent including John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Allison Janney, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Chicago), and director Adam Shankman (Bringing Down The House). The new screenplay for Hairspray was written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune).

Visit www.hairspraymovie.com and www.newline.com for more information.



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