ROCK OF AGES Movie Earns $20 Million in Opening Week

Adam Shankman's ROCK OF AGES, which opened last weekend has officially brought in $19,360,137 million in its opening week, according to Boxofficemojo. As Broadwayworld previously reported, the musical earned $14.4 million in its opening weekend,  far behind the debuts of Hairspray (also directed by Shankman) and Universal's Mamma Mia!, which opened with more than $25 million each. The movie took third place (behind Madagascar 3 and Prometheus), having the sixth-highest opening ever for a musical.

New Line Cinema's adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ROCK OF AGES tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.

The movie musical stars Julianne Hough ("Burlesque"), with actor/singer Diego Boneta in his feature film debut, Russell Brand ("Arthur," "Get Him to the Greek"), Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti ("Cinderella Man"), Academy Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones ("Chicago"), Malin Akerman ("The Proposal"), R&B queen Mary J. Blige and multiple Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston (TV's "Breaking Bad," "The Lincoln Lawyer"), with Oscar nominees Alec Baldwin ("The Cooler") and Tom Cruise ("Born on the Fourth of July").