Which 2008 musical film directed by Phyllida Lloyd is the highest grossing movie of all time in the UK?
"with a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story co-written by Heinberg, Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs. ""Wonder Woman"" was released in June 2017 and gave Jenkins the biggest domestic opening of all-time for a female director (surpassing previous record holder ""Fifty Shades of Grey"" by Sam Taylor-Johnson). With this film, Jenkins also became the first female director of an American studio superhero movie. ""Wonder Woman"" eventually became the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, surpassing previous record holder ""Mamma Mia!"" by Phyllida Lloyd. While promoting ""Wonder Woman"", Jenkins mentioned that her next project would likely be a limited television"
"highest-grossing film of the year. It is the highest worldwide grossing live action musical film of all time. It is also the UK's fastest and best selling DVD of all time, and in 2013, was announced as Amazon UK's best-selling DVD of all time. More recently, Craymer also produced the flop ""Viva Forever!"", a musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls, which was written by Jennifer Saunders and opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in late 2012. The show failed to reach the levels of other work she has been fortunate to be associated with and was panned by"
"United Kingdom and Ireland, ahead of all but one ""Harry Potter"" film (""Deathly Hallows – Part 2"") and all three ""The Lord of the Rings"" movies (which also starred Ian McKellen). It is currently the eighth-biggest grosser with £70.1 million ($90 million), overtaking ""Mamma Mia!"" to become the biggest musical production ever there. The biggest international earning markets following the UK are Japan ($108 million), China ($85.8 million), Brazil ($41.5 million), Korea ($37.5 million), and Australia ($35 million). In Europe alone, the cumulative total is $267 million, which led it to become the second-highest-grossing film in the past year (behind"
"in 2,808 theatres, placing first at the box office with $18.1 million. This amount broke the record for the highest opening day gross for a musical film, previously held by """", and was also the second highest opening day gross for a film released on Christmas Day. It earned $27.3 million in its opening weekend, placing third behind ""Django Unchained"" and """". The film was released in the United Kingdom 11 January 2013 and earned £8.1 ($13.1) million in its opening weekend, making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film, as well as for Working Title. The review"
"budget of about $52 million. On 11 November, it surpassed ""Straight Outta Compton"" ($201.6 million) to become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all-time worldwide. In the United Kingdom, the film had preview screenings on its opening night of 24 October 2018, grossing £1.62million () from 575 venues, with a per-screen average of £2,817 (). It went on to gross from 1,250 screens in its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office. It grossed another in its second weekend, remaining at number-one and grossing £20.4 million () through 12 days. In its second weekend of international release, the film topped"
"certified Gold, having shipped more than 500,000 copies in the US. In October 2009, the cast album was certified Platinum, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. A Movie adaptation of the musical, directed by Clint Eastwood was released in 2014. The West End cast of ""Jersey Boys"" appeared as a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance 2008, which was staged at the London Palladium on December 11 in the presence of senior members of the Royal family. The Royal Variety Performance is a gala event held annually at a major British theatre, to raise money for the"
"honors, including six Tony Awards, one for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making director Julie Taymor the first woman to earn such an honor. The show opened in the West End's Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1999, and is still running after more than 7,500 performances. The cast of the West End production were invited to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in 1999 and 2008, in the presence of senior members of the British Royal Family. In September 2014, ""The Lion King"" became the top-earning title in box-office history for both stage productions and films, surpassing"
"cast. The London premiere was the biggest London premiere of all time. Despite early speculation that Vanessa Hudgens would be dropped from the film due to her nude photo scandal, The Walt Disney Company denied the reports, saying, ""Vanessa has apologized for what was obviously a lapse in judgment. We hope she's learned a valuable lesson."" A sing-along edition with lyrics highlighted on the screen was released in select theaters on November 7, 2008, two weeks following its initial release. ""High School Musical 3: Senior Year"" opened with $17 million on Friday, setting the biggest opening day for a musical"
"month. When released in the United Kingdom, the movie opened at #5, taking £794,314 at the box office in the United Kingdom. In its third week, the movie rose to #4, and in the end made £5,187,402. On 17 November 2016, it was announced that the film will be adapted into a stage musical, with it making its world premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2017, before touring to Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, Manchester Palace Theatre, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Eventim Apollo, and Leeds Grand Theatre over the Christmas season. It was written and directed by Debbie"
"and ""Don't Walk Away""). The title track, performed by both Newton-John and ELO, is ELO's only song to top the singles chart in the United Kingdom. More than a quarter of a century later, ""Xanadu"", a Broadway musical, based on the film, opened on 10 July 2007 at the Helen Hayes Theatre to uniformly good reviews. It received 4 Tony Award nominations. The musical received its UK premiere in London in October 2015. Casey Kasem called The Electric Light Orchestra a ""7-man supergroup"" and ""amazing"" for hitting The Top 40 a remarkable 6 times in a one-year period from August"
"million), Russia ($6 million), and Spain ($5.8 million). In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film recorded the biggest opening ever for a PG-rated film, the biggest Disney live-action opening of all time, the biggest March opening weekend, the biggest opening for a musical (ahead of 2012's ""Les Misérables""), the number one opening of 2017 to date and the fifth-biggest-ever overall with £19.7 million ($24.5 million) from 639 theatres and almost twice that of ""The Jungle Book"" (£9.9 million). This included the second-biggest Saturday ever (£7.9 million), only behind """". It witnessed a decline in its second weekend, earning £12.33"
"for a number of bands and artists, mainly based in the UK. These include: Frederick Lloyd (director) Frederick Lloyd (born 23 February 1991) is a British film director and composer. He attended University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, graduated in 2012 with a first class degree in Film Production. Lloyd's ""Pantheon"" was screened at the BKSTS 2012 student showcase. This was his third film to be shown at the BFI showcase, with ""The Constant"" being shown in 2011 and ""The Death of the Cinema Projectionist"" the same year. ""Pantheon"" went on to win Best Film, Best Score and Best"
"the record previously held by ""The Phantom of the Opera"". ""The Lion King"" musical has grossed nearly as of 2017. As the sun rises, Rafiki the mandrill calls the animals to Pride Rock. She greets King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi before presenting their cub to the gathered animals (""Circle of Life""). Elsewhere, Mufasa's brother, Scar, laments his lost chance at becoming King. Back at her baobab tree, Rafiki paints an image of the cub and asks the spirits to conjure the new prince's name: Simba. Time passes and Simba grows into a lively young cub (""Grasslands Chant""). Mufasa shows Simba"
"for their injuries. In 2012, gross sales of £529,787,692 were up 0.27% and attendances also increased 0.56% to 13,992,773-year-on-year In 2013, sales again rose this time by 11% to £585,506,455, with attendances rising to 14,587,276. This was despite slightly fewer performances occurring in 2013. The length of West End shows depend on ticket sales. The longest-running musical in West End history is ""Les Misérables"". It overtook Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Cats"", which closed in 2002 after running for 8,949 performances and 21 years, as the longest-running West End musical of all time on 8 October 2006. Other long-runners include Lloyd Webber's"
"earning one Tony nomination and three Drama Desk nominations. Various international productions have since spanned across six continents as well as West End and Broadway revivals and eight UK tours. Actor Tim Curry, who originated the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the original London production, became particularly associated with the musical. The musical was adapted into the 1975 film ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"", starring O'Brien as Riff Raff, with Curry also reprising his role; the film has the longest-running release in film history. In 2016, it was adapted into the television film """". The musical was ranked eighth in"
"and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. It is the second longest-running West End musical, after ""Les Misérables"", and the third longest-running West End show overall, after ""The Mousetrap"". With total estimated worldwide gross receipts of over $5.6 billion and total Broadway gross of $845 million, ""Phantom"" was the most"
"more than $28.5m (£17m) since its US release two weeks ago, and has sent Child's 1961 book Mastering the Art of French Cooking back to the top of best-seller lists, as well as triggering a boom in interest in French cuisine classes in the US... After the star uncharacteristically sang and danced - in dungarees, what's more - in last year's Abba musical ""Mamma Mia!"", the highest-grossing British film ever, not only did the Swedish group's Gold collection top the album charts, there was also a surge in demand from couples who wanted to marry on the Greek island of"
"United States and Canada and $759.5 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $1.263 billion. With a production budget of $254 million, it is the most expensive musical ever made. In just ten days, it became the highest-grossing live-action musical of all time, beating the nine-year-old record held by ""Mamma Mia!"". It is currently the second-biggest musical ever overall, behind Disney's ""Frozen"" (2013). Worldwide, the film proved to be a global phenomenon, earning a total of $357 million over its four-day opening weekend from 56 markets. Critics said the film was playing like superhero movies amongst women. It"
"animated films include ""Alice in Wonderland"", ""The Jungle Book"", ""Robin Hood"" and ""Winnie the Pooh"". Large outdoor music festivals in the summer and autumn are popular, such as Glastonbury, V Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals. England was at the forefront of the illegal, free rave movement from the late 1980s, which led to pan-European culture of teknivals mirrored on the UK free festival movement and associated travelling lifestyle. The most prominent opera house in England is the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. The Proms, a season of orchestral classical music concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall, is a"
"first weekend, which broke the record previously held by ""Mamma Mia!"" for the biggest opening by a musical. The film finished with $252 million worldwide, which exceeded Disney's expectations. The song ""The Boys Are Back"" (2008), a duet with Zac Efron, became him second top forty hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The phenomenon of High School Musical has changed Bleu's life, delivering him to the heights of media celebrity while still in his teens. For his role as Chad Danforth, the"
"its screenplay, musical numbers, unique narrative and performances of the cast (particularly Foster's). It is frequently cited by critics, film directors, and audiences alike as one of the greatest films of all time. In 2003, ""Bugsy Malone"" was voted #19 on a list of the 100 greatest musicals, as chosen by viewers of Channel 4 in the UK. In 2008, ""Empire"" ranked it 353rd, on their list of 500 greatest movies of all time. The film received eight nominations at the 30th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film and won three; Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer to"
"with an international total of $458.4 million and the thirteenth highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with $144.1 million. The film made $9.6 million in its opening day in the United States and Canada, and $27.6 million in its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office, behind ""The Dark Knight"". At the time, it made ""Mamma Mia!"" the record-holder for the highest grossing opening weekend for a movie based on a Broadway musical, surpassing ""Hairspray""'s box office record in 2007 and later surpassed by ""Into the Woods"". On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an"
"and international and regional productions have been staged, as well as concert and broadcast productions. Several recordings have also been made. A Broadway revival opened in 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre and closed in 2008, and a second Broadway revival opened in 2014 at the Imperial Theatre and closed in September 2016. The show was placed first in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of Britain's ""Number One Essential Musicals"" in 2005, receiving more than forty percent of the votes. A film version directed by Tom Hooper was released at the end of 2012 to generally positive reviews as well"
"the theatre, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical and featuring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, who won an Olivier award for his performance in the title role. The piece is still playing at Her Majesty's, celebrating its 25th anniversary in October 2011 and surpassing 10,000 performances in October 2010. It is the second longest-running West End musical in history (after ""Les Misérables""). In a sign of its continuing popularity, ""Phantom"" ranked second in a 2006 BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the ""Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"". The musical is also the longest-running show on Broadway, was made"
"film of all time, until the record was topped in 2012 by ""Les Miserables"" ($18.1 million). It debuted at the #1 spot (beating out ""Saw V"") with an opening weekend of $42,030,184 in the United States and breaking the record, previously held by ""Enchanted"", for the biggest opening ever for a movie musical. This record would later be broken by ""Pitch Perfect 2"" in 2015 ($69.2 million). The film also opened at #1 overseas, with an international opening of $42,622,505. The film ultimately grossed $90,559,416 in North America and $162,349,761 in other territories leading to a worldwide total of $252,909,177,"
"in the Rain, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oliver, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wicked, Aladdin, Pippin, Dirty Dancing, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Jersey Boys, Love Never Dies, Spring Awakening, Buddy Holly, Ghost, Richard III, An American in Paris, Shrek, Bring It On and War Horse. Billy Elliot The Musical Live was the first live event cinema release to top the UK box office and set a new box office record for live event cinema. Sullivan's next live film Miss Saigon has since set a new record for event cinema in the UK. In the USA, Disney's Newsies Live! set a new"
"one-disc set and a deluxe two-disc special edition. There are no audio commentaries or deleted scenes on these editions. Upon its opening in the UK, the film grossed £4.9 million ($8 million), breaking the record for the largest Friday opening (31 October 2008) in the UK. The film then broke the UK opening-weekend record, taking £15.5 million ($25 million) in its first weekend, surpassing the previous record of £14.9 million held by ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"". It earned a further £14 million in France and Sweden—where it opened on the same day. The weekend gross of the"
"15, 2008, playing in theaters for 15 weeks. With a total gross of $70.6 million worldwide, ""Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert"" became the highest-selling concert film of all time, until surpassed by ""Michael Jackson's This Is It"" (2009), which sold over $189 million worldwide. ""Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert"" received positive to mixed reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it generated generally mixed or average reception, earning a collective score of 59 out of 100 based on 13 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film generated generally fresh reviews, with 73 percent"
"while Jean Hagen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, it has since been accorded legendary status by contemporary critics, and is frequently regarded as the best film musical ever made, and the best film ever made in the ""Freed Unit"" at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It topped the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list and is ranked as the fifth-greatest American motion picture of all time in its updated list of the greatest American films in 2007. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2005 the British"
"the US, with box office sales of $10,527,222. ""Spiceworld: The Movie"" topped the UK video charts on its first week of release, selling over 55,000 copies on its first day in stores and 270,000 copies in the first week. The Return of the Spice Girls Tour was announced as the highest-grossing concert act of 2008, measured as the twelve months ended April 2008. The 17-night sellout stand at London's The O2 Arena was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, netting £16.5 million (US$33 million) for the group and drawing an audience of 256,647, winning the 2008 Billboard Touring Award for"
"the film, plus a few extra scenes. Musical direction was by Chong Lim (one of the composers for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney), and the initial production starred Kym Valentine as Baby and Sydney Dance Company's Josef Brown as Johnny. Although reviews were mixed, the production was a commercial success, selling over 200,000 tickets during its six-month run. It has also had sellout runs in Germany and in London's West End, where it opened at the Aldwych Theatre on October 23, 2006 with the highest pre-sell in London history, earning £6 million ($US12 million). , over 1 million people"
"financially successful entertainment event until ""The Lion King"" surpassed it in 2014. By 2011, it had been seen by over 130 million people in 145 cities across 27 countries, and continues to play in London and New York. In 1984, Lloyd Webber contacted Cameron Mackintosh, the co-producer of ""Cats"" and ""Song and Dance"", to propose a new musical. He was aiming for a romantic piece, and suggested Gaston Leroux's book ""The Phantom of the Opera"" as a basis. They screened both the 1925 Lon Chaney and the 1943 Claude Rains motion picture versions, but neither saw any effective way to"
"stands at $10,268,084 making for a total worldwide gross of $15,773,351. Shine a Light (film) Shine a Light is a 2008 British-American concert film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting The Rolling Stones' 2006 Beacon Theatre performances on their A Bigger Bang Tour. The film also includes archive footage from the band's career and marked the first utilisation by Scorsese of digital cinematography for his films, with it being used for the backstage sequences. The film takes its title from the song of the same name, featured on the band's 1972 album ""Exile on Main St."" A soundtrack album was released"