On Thursday, December 3, Sony Pictures said that the global ticket sales for its movies have reached $3.4 billion, in which Michael Jackson's movie "This Is It" has alone earned more than $250 million worldwide.
Michael Jackson's movie "This Is It" contains his rehearsals for come back concerts before his death. The two and half hour long movie is directed (designed) by Kenny Ortega.
The movie was released in last week of October this year. According to Sony Pictures, the movie has successfully completed its run after earning $250 million worldwide
From domestic market (United States and Canada) the movie generated $72 million according to ticket sales tracker Boxofficemojo.com. Thus "This Is It" has become the highest earning movie for Sony Picture Studio.
Earlier Sony Pictures Entertainment's movies global box office earning record was $3.334 billion but this time till Wednesday, the studio's movies collections broke all the previous records and earned $3.357 billion.
Other than Jackson's "This Is It", this year, the studio has produced movies like '2012', 'Angels and Demons', 'Terminator Salvation' and 'District 9'.
Among these movies, recent hit, '2012' has earned $620 million. The Sony Corp said that from domestic market, the movies collection has reached $1.37 billion and from international markets the entire collections of the movies is about to cross $ 2 billion record.
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