Last night was the 2009 People’s Choice Awards. Amanda didn’t attend, but wasn’t expected to.

27 Dresses beat Mamma Mia! for Favorite Movie: Comedy, The Dark Knight won over the film for Favorite Cast but all was not lost for Mia!, Meryl won Favorite Song from a Soundtrack for “Mamma Mia!”.

Mamma Mia! has been nominated for the 2009 Golden Globes. The awards will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009, at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST).

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actress – Comedy or Musical
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Mamma Mia! will be released on R1 DVD on December 16th, 2008. There will be three editions available on that day, a single-disc, two-disc special edition and BluRay.

Single-Disc Features:
English, French and Spanish DD5.1 Surround
English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
Sing-Along
Deleted Musical Number: “The Name of the Game”
Feature Commentary with Director Phyllida Lloyd

Two-Disc Special Edition Features:
Digital Copy of Mamma Mia!
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
The Making of Mamma Mia!
Anatomy of a Musical Number: ‘Lay All Your Love on Me’
Becoming a Singer
Behind the Scenes with Amanda
On Location in Greece
A Look Inside Mamma Mia!
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” Music Video
Bjorn Ulvaeus Cameo

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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

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!

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