AMC Theatres, the world’s largest cinema chain, is honoring the late singer by bringing the 1978 film back to the silver screen, Variety reported. The musical, which starred Newton-John as good girl Sandy Olsson with John Travolta’s greaser character of Danny Zuko, will play in 135 theaters nationwide beginning Friday, according to the entertainment news outlet.
Newton-John died Aug. 8 at the age of 73. A statement posted to Newton-John’s official Facebook page and attributed to her husband, John Easterling, did not provide an official cause of death but cited her 30-year public battle with breast cancer.
Tickets will cost $5, with $1 from every ticket going to the movie chain’s charitable fund, AMC Cares, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the big screen,” AMC CEO Adam Aron tweeted. “An inexpensive $5 admission price, and through our charity AMC Cares we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research.”
The singer had five No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 during her career and reached the charts nearly 40 times during her career, Billboard reported.
The four-time Grammy Award winner made her Hot 100 debut with Bob Dylan’s “If Not for You” in 1971. From January 1970 until December 1984, Newton-John had 15 top-10 hits -- the most of any female artist during that time period, Billboard reported.
Her 1981 hit, “Physical,” spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Other hits that topped the charts included “You’re the One That I Want,” a duet with Travolta; Magic, from her film “Xanadu”; “Have You Never Been Mellow”; and “I Honestly Love You.”