Miley Cyrus: Tween Queen, All Hail!

31. Don't tell my heart my achy breaky heart I just dont think she'd understand

Posted at 4:57PM on Feb 9th 2008 by hiccup

32. her voice makes me cringe This bitch is like 15 and looks like she is 35

Posted at 4:59PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Lmommy

33. I don't have anything negative to say about Ms. Cyrus, but to wish her a safe & sane path of growing up inthe limelight. Other than that, I'm just trying to keep myself occupy while waiting for my drivers to bring in money. Yep, we all have to work this weekend, since the Tornado ripped through town & knocked down the power, so, here we are & here I am, making up for a day we couldn't do our jobs.

I guess, THANK YOU, TMZ, for giving my eyes something to read!!!

Posted at 5:01PM on Feb 9th 2008 by ANNIA

34. 12 and 21

Miley writes a lot of her songs... and she is going to be at the Grammys.

Posted at 9:12PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Jen

35. I need my daily Brit fix.......................................................................................WHERE IS SHE!

Posted at 5:14PM on Feb 9th 2008 by wiener

36. she will never be as sucessful as britney

Posted at 5:25PM on Feb 9th 2008 by omg

37. Um, HELLO! Why is SHE at Avalon??

And just another prefabricated excuse for "talent". I'm so sick of her self-importance, and the air time and stupid 6th grade maniacal little girls that buy into this mess. SUCKERS. A 15 year old can't even audition for American Idol - WHO'S determined that she's such a treasure at barely 15??!

And her daddy really needs a makeover, btw.

Posted at 5:27PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Oatmeal

38. She's a Britney in training...................jus wait a few years and see

Posted at 5:28PM on Feb 9th 2008 by wiener

39. She was drinking champagne at Avalon and I saw her sneaking a cigarette outside. This little hussy is all grown up now!

Posted at 5:39PM on Feb 9th 2008 by romeo

40. Britney spears was a HIT since she came out. And this disney skank? Not so much.

I personally can't wait till she hits 17. If she's even in the limelight around that time (haha). She'll be so short ugly and thick (unless she starts up and eating disorder hahahaa). everything a pop star make shouldn't be.

Posted at 6:04PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Jake

41. Jake, I think you have probably posted every offensive post here today and keep changing your name. Why do you say something like that? For a reaction I'm sure. LAME LAME LAME! Now go tell you Mom you need a time out. Go on...

Posted at 6:18PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Kelli

42. The Billion Dollar Girl

Move over Olsen twins, get out of the way Hilary Duff, Hannah Montana—a.k.a. Miley Ray Cyrus—is the new queen of the tween set and she’s cashing in.

Who needs men to drive the box office when you’ve got Miley Ray Cyrus (better known to legions of pint-size fans as Hannah Montana), a multimedia starlet who is on track to be a billionaire by the time she hits 18.

The day after Super Bowl XLII, Cyrus—or Hannah Montana, the character she plays on the hit Disney Channel TV show—stole headlines away from one of the most memorable upsets in the history of the National Football League. Her film, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, became the No. 1 movie at the box office, earning $31.1 million in three days.

Hannah Montana was shown only at 683 specially-equipped Digital 3-D theatres and moviegoers paid on average $15 per ticket (the national average is closer to $7), but it still set a slew of records: highest box-office total for Super Bowl weekend; highest-grossing opening for a Digital 3-D movie; and highest per-screen average ever—$42,000 per screen trounced the record of $35,000 set by Spider-Man 3 last year. Originally limited to a one-week engagement, the film has now been extended indefinitely.

Cyrus, daughter of ’90s country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus, who co-stars as her on-screen father, wasn’t done: That same Monday, the movie raked in another $3.3 million. And Tuesday, it earned another $2.8 million, leaving Hollywood insiders scratching their heads. “It was unexpected,” said Jeff Bock, a box-office analyst for Los Angeles-based Exhibitor Relations, “especially for a film targeting young females, which the studios usually don’t target.”

Michael Wood, vice president of TRU, a market-research firm based in Northbrook, Illinois, specializing in tween and youth audiences, says he sees Cyrus on her way to billion-dollar status. “At this rate, she’s certainly positioned to,” Wood says. “I don’t see this ending anytime soon. This is not a fluke.”

Films are just one aspect of the cultural and corporate phenomena that is Hannah Montana. Her talents and earning potential span the spectrum of the entertainment industry in a way that few tween or teen stars—including her fellow minimoguls, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, whose Dualstar Entertainment is a billion-dollar-a-year merchandise business—ever have.

“She’s moved into the space that the Olsen twins used to own,” Wood says. “She has almost more potential. The Olsen twins’ empire was built slowly over many years. But Hannah Montana has risen so quickly she’s exploded into every genre.”

Since her eponymous show debuted in 2006 as the No. 1 cable show for kids age 6-14, she’s had two chart-topping CDs, Hannah Montana and Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (more than 8 million copies sold worldwide); four bestselling DVDs (more than 2.5 million copies sold); a series of young adult novels (3.7 million copies and counting); video games (1.7 million sold); and a sold-out national tour that has been expanded to 70 dates (and has already generated more than $24 million).

She landed on Billboard’s list of the 20 top-earning artists of 2007 in the No. 11 spot with $64 million from her CD sales and tour receipts, which was good enough to leapfrog over veteran road acts like Faith Hill and Bon Jovi. Perhaps the Olsen twins comparison is a bit unfair—to the Olsens. “This is more like Beatlemania,” says Wood.

Disney has launched a line of Hannah Montana-inspired merchandise—140 items, including clothes, watches, bedding, luggage, shoes, makeup, spa kits, and toys. These products sell in mass-market retailers like Macy’s, Kmart, and Target, and on January 29 Wal-Mart announced that it would be creating specialized Hannah Montana boutiques within many of its 750 U.S. stores, insuring that the global retail powerhouse would become Hannah Montana central.

Even in the annals of Disney’s vaunted history of childhood icons, there’s never been anyone quite like Hannah Montana. “Miley is the first star to have multiple deals across several aspects of the company, including TV, film, music, and consumer products,” said Patti McTeague, a spokesperson for the Disney Channel. While she notes that the company has had recent success with tween stars like Hilary Duff and Raven Simone, both of whom continue to be revenue-generating celebrities for the company, “as a franchise, it’s a unique association we have with Miley.”

Disney praised the Hannah Montana properties in its upbeat first-quarter earnings report for fiscal 2008, which found revenues for the company rising by 9 percent compared with the previous year. The concert tour, merchandise, and video games all got positive mentions in Disney’s earnings statement.
Unlike stars who had a hard time translating teen fame into adult stardom, Cyrus (who turns 18 in 2010) is already laying the foundation for the future. On her TV show, she plays Miley Stewart, a teenager with a secret identity: international pop star Hannah Montana. Only her family—and viewers—are in on the secret. On her sold-out tour, she sings the first half of each concert “in character” as Hannah Montana, then the second segment as herself, Miley Ray Cyrus, teenage singer-songwriter. Besides being a neat marketing trick worthy of a metafiction book, Cyrus is making sure she’s not limited to the tween persona that she will, inevitably, outgrow.

It’s a deft move on her—or her management team’s—part, says Wood. “Her audience loves Miley and they love her character Hannah,” he says. “It gives her a lot more options in terms of how she can develop her character and herself. It’s the best of both worlds.”

by Joseph V. Tirella Feb 7 2008
http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2008/02/07/Hannah-Montanas-Earning-Potential#

Posted at 7:43PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Heir Apparent

43. Funny how you all make fun of her and bad mouth her. She's the one rolling in dough and making it big. While you all seem to be envious with pathitic lives......I say good for her.

Posted at 7:50PM on Feb 9th 2008 by LJST

44. Umm #48 Heir Apparent...

Those numbers are based on current statistics and are an ESTIMATION!! All those things are ASSUMING that her hype sustains for the next few years. If you think that's true then you are sadly mistaken....

Her fans will grow up and grow tired of her lame a** music and she will by then do something incredibly stupid that makes her lose fans and public opinion. And seeing that she has VERY little talent and HYPE is the ONLY THING that she has going for her...I don't see her making that billion anytime soon....

Posted at 8:44PM on Feb 9th 2008 by Stan

45. What is with southern dads pimping out their daughters, Joe simpsom, Jamie Spears, etc
including Billary?

Posted at 8:55PM on Feb 9th 2008 by lollipop