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"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
But-- I have to point out-- that the heyday of the musical was back in the days when theater admission was much less than a dollar and a film like "Wizard of Oz" (surely, a MUCH MUCH more poular musical than Hairspray) would gross $3 Million dollars.
I do love me some Hairspray, but you can't really compare it to the classics like Sound of Music or King & I.
Yay for Hairspray. It really is a great and fun film. I don't purchase many dvd's but I'm definitely getting this one. I love the movie. Hairspray for Best Picture at the Oscars. YES!!!!!!!
I couldn't agree more with JoeKv's post. HAIRSPRAY may be fun to a lot of people--don't count me in that group though--but it hardly touches the brilliant classics such as THE SOUND OF MUSIC, CABARET, THE WIZARD OF OZ, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, et al.
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I am quite sure I read on the Hairspray Box Office Tracking thread, that this BoxOfficemojo list is for Highest Grossing musicals FROM 1974 TO PRESENT !! I think mateo, who is an expert, can help us out here !
And it looks like it will beat Rocky Horror for the #3 spot !!!! YAYYYY Updated On: 8/27/07 at 09:28 PM
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Anyone know when Hairspray will be in its final week in theaters? I want to go see it RIGHT before it leaves theaters so I can have my own sing along :-P.
Wait--with friends.
I wouldn't go by myself!
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I'm SO SO stoked to hear that!! It's truly an incredibly well made movie in all aspects, and I personally really DID love it a whole lot more than Dreamgirls. Granted Jen Hudson MADE Dreamgirls brilliant, but if it hadn't been for that it would have been.. a lot more "blah" than I had expected it to be. But Hairspray is probably the most fun I've ever had in a movie theater EVER. It has such a huge heart and I could watch it over and over and over again :)
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FYI... THE WIZARD OF OZ bombed in its initial release.. was re-released a few years later and did not do great business. OZ only ecame popular once it started to air on television.
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Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
No, inflation is not figured in to this at all. In order for Hairspray to break into the top 100 movies (in any genre, let alone musicals), it would have to gross over $308 million domestically with today's puffed up ticket prices. Transformers squeaked in at #100 recently.
EDIT: You'll also notice that unless it grosses over $937 million domestically, it won't be bringing in the hoards of people who went to see The Sound of Music.
The figures we're "celebrating" here in this thread are non-adjusted U.S. dollars.
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