Box office
As of December 15, 2008, Mamma Mia! has grossed a worldwide total of $571,117,721 and is the sixth highest grossing film of 2008.[23] As of October 26, 2008, it is the highest-grossing movie musical of all time worldwide,[24] and the 47th highest grossing movie of all time worldwide.[25] It is also the most successful British-made film of all time [26] [27] [28], as well as being the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office, narrowly beating Titanic on the 26th December 2008, over 20 weeks after the film's original release.[2]
It is the third highest grossing film of 2008 internationally (i.e. - outside of North America) with an international total of $425,478,825 and the eleventh highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with $143,762,955.
In the United Kingdom, Mamma Mia! has grossed £69,066,035 as of 16 December 2008, and is the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office beating Titanic.[29] The film opened at #1 in the U.K, taking £6,594,058 on 496 screens. It managed to hold onto the top spot for 2 weeks, narrowly keeping Pixar's WALL-E from reaching #1 in its second week.
When released on July 3 (2008) in Greece, the film grossed $1,602,646 in its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the Greek box office.[30]
The film made $9,627,000 in its opening day in the United States and Canada, and $27,605,376 in its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office.[31] At the time, it made Mamma Mia! the record-holder for the highest grossing opening weekend for a movie musical, surpassing Hairspray's box office record in 2007. On October 26th, High School Musical 3: Senior Year took a weekend total $42 million, surpassing the record made by Mamma Mia!
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