Hannah Montana: The Movie

This article is about the movie. For its soundtrack, see Hannah Montana: The Movie (soundtrack). For the series of the same name, see Hannah Montana.
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Chelsom[1]
Written byDan Berendsen[1]
Based on
Hannah Montana
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Hennings
Edited byDavid Moritz
Music byJohn Debney
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • April 10, 2009 (2009-04-10)
Running time
102 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[3]
Box office$169.2 million[3]

Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 American teen musical comedy drama film based on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. The film is produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Dan Berendsen, the film stars series regulars Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Moises Arias, Mitchel Musso and Jason Earles, as well as Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale and Melora Hardin. The film tells of how Miley Stewart's popularity and alternate celebrity persona begins to take over her life, so her father convinces her to take a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters most in life.

Hannah Montana: The Movie is the second theatrical film based on a Disney Channel Original Series after The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and is the second theatrical release of the Hannah Montana franchise, its predecessor Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert being released a year prior in 2008. It is also the first, and so far only, theatrical film produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Millar/Gough Ink, who is also known from producing the long-running hit series Smallville. Filming began in April 2008,[4] much of it occurring in Columbia, Tennessee,[5] and Los Angeles, California,[1][6] and was completed in July 2008.[7]

Hannah Montana: The Movie was released theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures on April 10, 2009, in the United States.[8] Despite mixed reviews, the film achieved commercial success, grossing $155 million worldwide against a $30 million production budget.

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  6. ^ "NewsChannel 5.com - Nashville, Tennessee - Hannah Montana Film Scenes Shot In Cool Springs Mall". NewsChannel 5. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  7. ^ "Miley Mania - TFK Kid Reporter Yunhee Hyun talks with Miley Cyrus about her new CD, Breakout". Time for Kids. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  8. ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 24, 2008). "Disney unveils 2009 schedule - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2008.