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Pitch Perfect

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Box office, television success and theater backgrounds

In the discussion (17)
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  • The film reportedly surpassed School of Rock as the highest-grossing musical comedy.
  • The reported budget is $17 million and gross $115 million; it was HBO’s top-performing 2013 film, ahead of The Dark Knight Rises and Ted.
  • Kendrick’s Tony nomination at twelve and musical-film background are recalled; an initial denial that she attended Stagedoor Manor is corrected when research places her there with Skylar Astin.
  • The Twilight production reportedly accommodated Kendrick’s schedule for this film.
  • Wilson’s reported age misrepresentation is recalled as an unfair controversy, given how common such practices are in Hollywood.
  • The soundtrack’s reported number-one chart success and Cups’ thirty-two weeks on the charts are cited; movie and pop versions are distinguished.
  • The shower scene was reportedly filmed naked, which the panel finds unnecessary.
  • LSU is identified as the filming location, surprising a participant who liked the campus appearance.
  • Lily’s actress reportedly auditioned with a Korean folk song, making her mostly inaudible role especially disappointing to the panel.
  • The film loosely adapts the book Pitch Perfect; Devine reportedly mistook the title for a baseball movie and arrived without a song prepared.
  • Wilson and Devine’s improvised chemistry reportedly led to their relationship being added to the script.
  • Dean co-wrote Rihanna’s S&M, performed in the film; her prolific songwriting and later coaching role on a songwriter competition are celebrated.
  • Conflicting reports give Devine’s unprepared audition song as either the Full House or Family Matters theme; the uncertainty is retained.
  • Jesse’s beloved movie was originally Say Anything rather than The Breakfast Club.
  • Ace of Base was selected to sound lame to the Bellas; the choice is challenged because the original pop song is admired, although the film’s arrangement succeeds in making it grating.
  • The Tufts Beelzebubs are described as a model for the Treblemakers and connected to the film through a consultant.
  • The earlier uncertain Tufts consultant name is corrected explicitly to Deke Sharon.