Mamma Mia! is hanging on to the #8 spot at the US box office on its seventh weekend on August 29–31, 2008. It grossed $4,418,000 and the total is currently at $131,509,000. It managed to actually increase its box-office take over last weekend’s figure, gaining about 4% more people this week than last. The film is doing so well! I know I personally loved it so it is no wonder, heh. It is such a fun movie!

Source: Box Office Mojo

Due to overwhelming demand, Universal Pictures announced today that it will release a special sing-along edition of its worldwide smash hit movie musical Mamma Mia! in selected theaters nationwide, starting Friday, August 29, for a limited time. The movie phenomenon, based on the songs of iconic supergroup ABBA, has earned more than $320 million at the worldwide box office.

Audiences at these specially selected theaters are invited to bring friends and family to experience the smash hit movie musical in a whole new way by singing along to the songs they love. Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition will feature the lyrics to every musical number on the screen, and you are invited to sing and dance along. Join in on all your familiar favorites like Dancing Queen, S.O.S., Money, Money, Money, Take a Chance on Me, Lay All Your Love on Me, Voulez-Vous and all the others from the film!

Details on theaters and showtimes that will feature Mamma Mia!: The Sing-Along Edition will be coming soon. For the latest news, please visit MammaMiaMovie.com or your favorite ticketing site to make a destination visit to join in on the celebration.

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It took five weeks, but the ABBA-driven soundtrack to Mamma Mia! rose two places to No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart Wednesday.

The Decca Records release sold 130,000 copies in the week ended August 10, becoming the second soundtrack this year to reach the summit, following the Juno soundtrack in January.

The film soundtrack to Mamma Mia! features actors like Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan belting out ABBA favorites. The film has earned $104 million at the North American box office.

Source: Reuters.com

Jennifer’s Body Advance Review

Over at JoBlo.com you can check out the first advance screening review of Jennifer’s Body… And it ain’t good. See the site to read the full review. Here’s an excerpt concerning Amanda’s performance:

The film’s performances are pretty decent. Seyfried does as good as one could to hold up the film even though it’s this bad. Megan wasn’t horrifyingly bad but neither was she good. There was a scene where it’s a real big close up of her kissing another chick (YES!!!!). The men in the audience hooted and cheered even though it was completely random and the director put it in as a a kind of apology for not giving up the real goods (no Megan Fox boobage).

Honestly, who cares if the reviews are bad. I personally LOVED Juno and the reviewer apparently didn’t. Jennifer’s Body is my most awaited film of the moment and I’m sure it’ll make me happy, even if it doesn’t please the Juno hating crowd and others who simply don’t get the awesomeness of Diablo Cody.

Season three of Big Love premieres January 11, 2009. Read on for some related gossip but please beware of possible spoilers.

The stars and creators of HBO’s Big Love hit the Los Angeles Times’ Emmy Screening Series at the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood last night to talk about the show, and they spilled some good deets about season three.

Click in to find out which wife’s star is rising, which character is going to finally get “payback” and the exact premiere date of season three.

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Well, Mamma Mia! is now out worldwide and doing very well in the box office. I hope you’re all enjoying it! This means that the promo circuit is mainly behind now but Amanda is still featured in many, many magazines at the moment. For an updated list, please check out the sidebar. Amanda also appeared in The Today Show and The View and you can view videos of both appearances below. Also, be sure to visit YouTube for tens of new interviews with her!

“We make out in one scene [in Jennifer's Body]. That’ll probably be the trailer, in slo-mo.”
- Amanda on making out with Megan Fox

Holy Cash Cow, Batman! Christmas came early for Warner Brothers this year, and it looks like it won’t matter if they have another hit until at least 2012. Chris Nolan’s sequel to Batman Begins has smashed every record in sight, hitting with a $155 million debut and taking that top spot on the weekend charts for what could be weeks to come. After just three days in release, The Dark Knight is already shaping up to be the biggest movie event of the year.

Opening in second place was the musical Mamma Mia!, which nabbed a nice little take of $27.6 million. That’s no where near the behemoth earnings of The Dark Knight, but it is the biggest opening in history for a musical, besting last year’s Hairspray by a little more than a million dollars.

Big congratulations to Amanda Seyfried and the cast & crew behind Mamma Mia! for the success! Furthermore, the top 5 movies at the box office are listed below.

1. The Dark Knight – $155 million
2. Mamma Mia! – $27.6 million
3. Hancock – $14 million
4. Journey to the Center of the Earth – $11.9 million
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army – $10 million

Source: Movie Web

You can’t help but wonder if Mamma Mia! will be the breakthrough role for Amanda Seyfried. True, audiences have seen her in Mean Girls and Big Love, but she’s in a much bigger spotlight here, singing and acting alongside Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth.

“Before I got the role, I used to sing, but not professionally,” she tells The Daily Mail, “and as soon as I heard about Mamma Mia! I knew I had to do it. I was nervous singing for [ABBA members] Benny and Björn and I just did the best I could.”

Adds Seyfried, “But nothing in the film was really that challenging as I was basically playing myself. Sophie’s a young girl excited about life, so it just felt right.”

That’s not the only thing that felt right, apparently. Though you rarely hear such talk when these things fizzle, the 22-year-old actress is remarkably candid about her on-set fling with her on-screen fiancé Dominic Cooper. In real life, Seyfried was in a two-year relationship with actor and musician Jesse Marchant, and Cooper had been with the same girl for 12 years, although that relationship apparently survived the dalliance.

“I just found him funny and it was like we were the same person – except that he’s British, almost 30 and a man,” gushes the ebullient actress. “We both look like frogs with our wide-set eyes, we’re both indecisive and neither of us has a lot of willpower.”

You don’t hear phraseology like that everyday to describe the spark of love: Low willpower? Check. Indecisive? Check. Toady? Check.

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Yesterday, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Mamma Mia! continued to promote the movie, this time in New York City. Miss Amanda was seen looking gorgeous in a full-length black number. Some photos from the event can be seen below.

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