Singer Zheng Jun said, "I was thrilled when I heard the album "Bad!". I was overwhelmed by his music arrangements and the explosive rhythms. At that time I was not a music lover at all. My interest was painting. But Michael Jackson's music opened up a whole new horizon for me and inspired me to know more about it."

Liu Yiwei said, "I'm 40 years old. All of my friends can do Michael Jackson's moon walk. Only those who don't like music at all are unfamiliar with him."

The premiere ceremony held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles was star-studded. Jackson's brothers and the film director Kenny Ortega attended the ceremony.

In London, the city Michael Jackson chose to open his return concert, local entertainers and fans gathered and enjoyed the classical moments of the late pop star.

And a bunch of renowned artists participated in the film's Tokyo premiere, including Lionel Rickie who composed the song "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson in 1985.

On the premieres held all over the world, most of the fans impersonated Michael Jackson's popular outfits and some even performed his well known dance moves. With that, they paid the highest respect to the king of pop.

A Chinese fan said, "It's just not enough to call him a hero."

Opening in 99 countries on October 27th and 28th, the film expanded to 110 territories by that weekend, with distributor Sony putting 15,000 prints of "This Is It" into circulation. The studio paid 60-million U.S. dollars for the film rights.