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The Hannah Montana concert film turned America’s finer “digital 3-D auditoriums” into squealing prepubescent mob scenes this weekend, topping the nation’s box office receipts. Lest you think this latest, inevitable Montana triumph represents another step in the Pavlovian dumbening of America’s tweens, keep in mind that the movie it dislodged from the top spot was the twentysomething-aimed, PG-13-rated Meet The friggin’ Spartans. [Billboard; Photo: AP]
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It’s like she’s staring into my soul….
It was an apropos capper to the end of her tour and a phenomenon that might never be repeated quite this way again.
Most teen-pop stars are old enough to do full tours at the height of their mania and thereby satisfy market demand. At 15, Cyrus is legally limited by what she can do; and even if she were older, the demands of shooting the TV show (the real source of her popularity, not radio/MTV) would limit her touring time anyway. So the movie cleverly satisfies a massive, untapped/underserved body of audience that can’t see her any other way.
Within a couple of years, either the fan base will have moved on, Cyrus will be old enough to do a full tour, or 3D concert movies will be de rigeur enough that Miley/Hannah on Tour II will be unnecessary or a much milder success.
I would actually say the girl did a pretty dang full tour for a 15 year old.
I took my daughter to see it this weekend…the 3-D thing is a brilliant new move for Disney, since it seems, like most people, the regular moviegoing experience was becoming increasingly irrelevant to my busy, DVD-skewing life.
It looked great, the crowd was excited and enthralled – so much so that you’ve probably never seen a bunch of girls that age act so polite and quiet (all the screaming was done for them on screen).
Can’t wait for the U2 one!
My sense is Miley’s not goin’ anywhere — her post-Disney transition will probably involve a straight country move, which is one place where any baggage of being a teen star from Disney won’t necessarily follow her. (Disney has been letting a little bit of country on their own charts, and Taylor Swift is up to the #3 spot on their countdown.)