For Justin Beiber and his fans, Friday January 11 was the best day in 2011 because Friday was the premiere of Justin Beiber’s 3D concert film Never Say Never. This film showed clips from Justin’s childhood performances, his determination to achieve his dream, and some of his 2010 concert performances. The film is part concept film, brand consolidation, something that was designed as a keepsake for his fans and an introduction for the uninitiated to the pop music and dancing sensation (Olsen, 2011). This movie was on of the highest grossing movies so far in 2011 on the opening day in 2011. This movie had more sales on opening night than Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which took in $8.7 million on opening night.Never Say Never beat Adam Sandler’s film “Just Go With It”, which grossed $9.7 million on Friday night. Critics do not believe that Justin Beiber will not be able to hold off the Adam Sandler’s film when the numbers get tallied on Sunday. I believe with Justin Beiber’s loyal fans across the country, the teenage heartthrob will keep the number one spot, and beat Adam Sandler for the highest-ranking movie so far of 2011.
When the box office number came in Sunday for the gross amount of ticket sales of Never Say Never and Just Go With It for Friday and Saturday, the numbers showed that Just Go With It made more money than Never Say Never opening weekend. It was a very tight race but Adam Sandler beat Justin Beiber by $1 million dollars. Just Got With It grossed $31.2 million dollars while Never Say Never came in at number 2 and grossed $30.2 million dollars (2011). Although Just Beiber’s fans came out in huge numbers to support the pop star, it was not enough to hold off the King of Comedy Adam Sandler.
Both are great movies and I hope you will get a chance to check out each movie. One will leave you inspired and the other will have you LMBO (laughing your butt off).
Reference:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-justin-bieber-20110211,0,1994905.story
