It's only been four months since Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 just as he was preparing for a comeback series of 50 concerts in Londen.
But the wait for "This Is It," the documentary film created from more than 100 hours of rehearsal footage that show some of his last moments, seemed extraordinarily long for some of his biggest fans.
Sony fueled the excitement by coordinating 16 simultaneous premieres around the world. The Los Angeles premiere, which kicked off at 6 p.m. Tuesday, for example, drew four of the King of Pop's brothers, Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie. The London premiere started at 1 a.m. Wednesday local time.
The film officially opened on Wednesday in what The Associated Press has called "the biggest cinematic blowout ever for a music film." For a chance to win a set of cookbooks, tell us how many countries it opened in.
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