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Disney's "Earth" Movie has already sold 500,000 tickets

by Amy Judd | April 21, 2009 at 03:12 pm

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Disney's new film 'Earth' opens April 22nd, Earth Day, and already it has sold over 500,000 advanced tickets. Disney has pledged to plant a tree for every ticket sold during the film's opening week, so this already means over half a million tickets have been sold.

The president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group spoke with Access Hollywood saying, "With half a million new trees committed so far, Disneynature's first film is already making an impact on the world--and 'EARTH' hasn't even opened yet. We're so pleased that moviegoers have embraced this film and our tree-planting initiative to this degree and we expect the numbers to keep climbing."

The movie follows three families, whales, polar bears, and elephants, as they live their lives on Earth, and raise their offspring during their first year.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 15:17 on April 21st, 2009

Wow, 500,000 tickets already sold to see little more than a re-edit of BBC's Planet Earth DVDs? And it's great that David Attenborough will be seen by a wider audience...oh wait, no he won't.

Rachel Nixon

at 15:26 on April 21st, 2009

The BBC series was breathtaking - but I was pretty disappointed to find that this movie contained little new content.

Brenda Carol (not verified)

at 05:58 on April 22nd, 2009

I have mixed feelings about the creation of this movie although I have not seen Planet Earth so I guess, from that point of view, I am lucky. However, it does seem like a 'cheat' of sorts on Disney's part and I created a debate page about the subject. I'd be thrilled if you'd visit Disney's Earth Movie And Planet Earth ~~ Are They The Same Documentaries and leave your opinion there.

Brenda

danesller0127

at 02:48 on April 24th, 2009

I'm excited to see the film 'Disney's Earth Movie', this is amazing capture of living things and non-living things on earth... Another aspect of geological history that could have contributed to the concentration of species around our 'Mother Earth'... Thank you Amy, for sharing this beautiful story! :D