With an estimated $12.4 million in 3,105 theathers as gross income on openning day last friday. The film Never Say Never starring Justin Bieber was indeed a certified box office. The bigscreen debut of Justin Biever have managed to beat the highly favored film Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston with an estimated grossed $9.7 million from 3,548 theathers.
Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop, R&B singer was first discovered in youtube by his manager Scooter Braun who eventually form an alliance with Usher and eventually L.A. Reid of Island Records. From an ordinary lad to a sensational pop icon, Bieber have been dominating the airwaves since the release of his debut album My World.
Justin Beiber had a huge influence especially to the youths for his relentless dance moves, a magnificent voice and an all-out performer with down-to-earth character. The Jewish Christian had transformed the life of his single mother Pattie Mallette who came from a low-income family. Justin was born on March 1, 1994 in London, Ontario and raised in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
L.A. Reid came up with the idea of the documentary Never Say Never and suggested to get it to the big screen instead of Direct-to-DVD. He was quoted as saying “He is too big for that” referring to Bieber’s popularity specially in the video-sharing site youtube where he was first discovered. His video entitled “Baby” was the most watched video in youtube.
Justin Beiber was the most searched celebrity in the internet for the year 2010, and accounted for a total of 3% traffic on micro-blogging site Twitter.com. He was even more popular compared to Pres. Barrack Obama and the Dalai Lama.
If Justin Beiber could transform his charisma from the internet into the big screen he will definitely be a sure winner for the entire box office week and not only on openning day.
Here are the top 5 list of box office reports on its openning day on friday:
1. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never – $12.4 million
2. Just Go With It – $9.7 million
3. Gnomeo and Juliet – $6.1 million
4. The Eagle – $2.8 million
5. The Roommate – $2.6 million
Never Say Never Preview Trailer:
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