Mamma Mia DVD Breaks Records

I enjoyed the musical version of Mamma Mia when I saw it in London some years back but this years movie adaptation was verging on painful. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Meryl Streep are fine actors but I think they should stick to non-musical scripts in the future! 

That said it seems my fellow Brits across the pond think I couldn't be more wrong as the DVD sold 1.7 million copies in the UK on Monday, its first day on release. This breaks the previous record held by Titanic which sold 1.1 million units when it came out on DVD back in 1998. 

Abba were always a hit in the UK and have been one of the few acts of the 70s to have remained constantly popular through the decades. Therefore it was no surprise that the musical had its worldwide premiere in London in 1999. The show has become something of a theatrical franchise with the phenomenon spreading across the world:

1999 London West End

2000 Toronto

2000 Boston and D.C.

2001 Broadway

2001 Australasian Tour

2002 U.S. Tour

2003 Las Vegas

2003 Utrecht

2004 Madrid

2005 Stockholm

2006 Antwerp

2006 Moscow

2007 Manchester

2007 Barcelona

2008 Istanbul

2009 Oslo

2009 México

No doubt the DVD will end up under quite a few Christmas trees this December but fingers crossed mine won't be one of them ... Humbug!

 

Mamma Mia DVD Breaks Records