MOVIE MILESTONES

FIRST PIRATED HD DOWNLOAD

The sci-fi action movie Serenity(USA, 2005) was the first full resolution rip of an HD DVD movie. The 19.6 GB file was made available on BitTorrent as an .evo file, confirming the suspicion that the copyrighted protection on HD DVDs has been bypassed.


HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE FRANCHISE

The 21 Bond movies, from Dr No(UK, 1962) to Casino Royale(UK/USA, 2006), have grossed over $4.49 billion wordwide.


FIRST MOVIE BUDGET TO EXCEED $100 MILLION

True lies(USA, 1994), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger(Austria) and Jamie Lee Curtis(USA), was the first movie that cost over $100 million to make. It ended up grossing $365 million.

MICHAEL JACKSON MOVIE "THIS IS IT"

Michael Jackson sudden death was a big blow to his fans, Michael Jackson who died on June 25 before a long awaited return to the stage. Fans will be delighted to know that a film showing his final rehearsals will be released at he end October.

The film title "This Is It,"which will be released worldwide, will be drawn from hundreds of hours of backstage footage of Jackson rehearsing and feature interviews with some of his closest friends and creative collaborators.

It is named after the series of 50 London concerts the star had planned to perform for his July farewell-before his death from an apparent cardiac arrest on June 25 at a rented mansion in Los Angeles shocked the world.

The film footage was shot mostly in June 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, other scenes was shot at The Forum in Inglewood California. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment will co produce the film with AEG Live and the estate, while Sony Pictures will distribute the feature, which would amount to a major undertaking as Jackson had not commercialized concert footage.

MOVIE MILESTONES

HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME

Ohh yeah, You either love this movie or hate this, but this film has the highest earnings(USA 1997) which took $1,834,165,466 at the international box office, it also became the first film to gross $1 billion.


HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE(OPENING DAY)Spider sense tingling.... Yup its our friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Spider-Man 3(USA, 2007) starring Tobey Maguire as Spiderman/Peter Parker, took a record $59.8 million on its opening day in the USA on May 2007. Wow lets see if the 4th movie would break this record.


FASTEST TIME TO GROSS $1 BILLION
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (USA, NZ, 2003) grossed $1 billion in just 9 weeks 4 days! it went on win a record-equalling 11 American Academy Awards(Oscars). "PRECIOUS" ..

FIRST BLOCKBUSTER
Steven Spielberg's Jaw(USA, 1975) is considered the first summer blockbuster. People queued up around the block to see the movie, which also became the first to earn $100 million at the box office. Because of this movie my childhood was a wreck hehehe just joking, but it sure did made me think twice going to the beach.