The Michael Jackson documentary This Is It exceeded box office expectations, earning an estimated $7.4 million on Wednesday, its first day of release. The film did even better outside of North America, grossing $12.7 million in the 97 other territories in which it debuted. Though the film currently has a limited, two-week engagement in theaters, that may change if the returns are strong enough. [HollywoodReporter.com]

Speaking of Jackson, PopEater presents a list of musicians whose estates continue to earn big money after they died. [PopEater.com]

The soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: New Moon topped the Billboard 200, selling 153,000 copies in its first full week of release. This makes it the year’s second soundtrack to hit number one; the first was the music to Hannah Montana: The Movie. Tim McGraw, Joss Stone and Rammstein also made strong debuts on the Billboard 200. [Billboard.com]

Drummer Chuck Biscuits, who played with Danzig, Social Distortion and Black Flag among other punk and hard rock bands, died on Saturday at age 44 after a prolonged battle with throat cancer. [JGTwo.wordpress.com]

The Foo Fighters will play a show on Facebook this Friday as the band ramps up to the release of their greatest hits collection next Tuesday. [Gigwise.com]

Check out this free mix by Dâm-Funk. [FactMagazine.co.uk]

Lou Barlow gives La Roux’s “Bulletproof” the acoustic indie-rock treatment. [Spin.com]

Let the Kills’ Alison Mosshart and the Wild Beasts get you in the Halloween spirit with spooky short stories. [TheQuietus.com]