familiarity of a pop idiom with songs that people are familiar with, cherish, grew up listening to, and love. This naturally brings an entirely new generation to the theatre. Not content with having conquered several countries and becoming a global musical theatre success, it was time to challenge another medium and garner an entirely new audience — film. The three real-life Dynamos reformed, reprising their original roles as producer, director, and writer, and brought the show to the big screen. When it premiered in 2008, it made history as the highest-grossing movie of all time in the UK and Ireland and the highest-grossing musical film of all time. The film starred Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, and Amanda Seyfried. With a second film starring the same cast, with the fabulous addition of Cher as Donna’s mother, Ruby, opened in cinemas in July 2018. Just of late, there have been strong rumours that the real-life Dynamos (Judy, Phyllida & Catherine) are hard at work trying to find a way to make Mamma Mia 3 work on film as the final part of the trilogy. There’s still a plethora of material that hasn’t been used yet in the films so far, such as Under Attack, Ring Ring, Tiger, I Wonder, and also material from the latest release from ABBA back in 2021: VOYAGE, which produced the hits “Don’t Shut Me Down” and “I Still Have Faith In You.” MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 70 MILLION PEOPLE worldwide in 50 productions in 16 different languages. MAMMA MIA! has grossed over 9 billion dollars at the Box Office. MAMMA MIA! has premiered in more than 440 major cities worldwide - faster than any other musical in history. MAMMA MIA! is currently in its 26th year since the first production opened in London’s West End on 6 April 1999, and is now playing at the Novello Theatre. MAMMA MIA! is the ninth longest running show in Broadway history, where it ran from 2001 – 2015 and recently has just opened again at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York. Since its premiere, MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 10 million people and has played over 9500 performances in London. The MAMMA MIA! Original Cast Recording is consistently in the Billboard Catalogue Charts. The MAMMA MIA! Special Edition Cast Recording has gone Double Platinum in several territories around the world. On its release, it was the highest grossing musical film worldwide and was the No.1 musical of all time in 44 countries. To date, there are nine cast recordings worldwide. All of ABBA’s hits can be listened to in German, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Korean, French, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Mexican, Italian, Icelandic and Chinese. Some quick facts
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