MAMMA MIA! The Movie is still going strong in the box office, even in its fourth week up against summer blockbusters such as The Dark Knight and the highly anticipated Pineapple Express. The movie dropped to number six in the box office this week but still brought in just over $8 million, bringing the total gross for the film up to $104 million and dropping only 36%
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 170 cities and eight languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, summer 2008 is the season for MAMMA MIA!
The feature film adaptation of the global stage hit production brings the magic of ABBA's music to the silver screen. With rising star
Amanda Seyfried and
Dominic Cooper, alongside Hollywood heavy-hitters
Meryl Streep,
Pierce Brosnan,
Colin Firth, Stellan Skasgârd,
Julie Walters and
Christine Baranski, the film features the stars' versions of 17 ABBA classics in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads.
The three women who created the worldwide smash stage hit—global producer
Judy Craymer, writer
Catherine Johnson and director
Phyllida Lloyd—repeat their roles in bringing this joyful, musical story to the big screen. The MAMMA MIA! film is produced by
Judy Craymer and
Gary Goetzman.
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (
Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends—practical and no-nonsense Rosie (
Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (
Christine Baranski)—from her one-time backing band, Donna & the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.
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