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Michael Jackson's movie This Is It has grossed $101 million in its first five days in cinemas around the world, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.

Sony, the studio that paid $60 million for rights to the film, announced over the weekend that the originally planned two-week run would be extended in the US through the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, a lucrative holiday for Hollywood.