A biopic just knocked Oppenheimer off its throne, and the numbers are wild. Michael, the Michael Jackson film, pulled in USD $977 million worldwide, edging past Nolan's Oppenheimer and its $975 million to grab the all-time biopic crown.
It also became the biggest release Lionsgate has ever put out, topping Catching Fire's $865 million, and it had already smoked Bohemian Rhapsody's $911 million for the music-biopic record. Domestically, $370.2 million landed in North America, while $607.2 million came from overseas.
Critics were not vibing with it, parking a 38% score against a 97% audience rating, yet ticket buyers clearly did not care.
The catalog went off, hard. Jackson's streams nearly doubled, jumping 95%, and his Spotify monthly listeners climbed from roughly 68 million to 73 million, resting at 108 million as of writing. Billie Jean even clawed back to No. 1 on the Global chart.
Antoine Fuqua directed, and the singer's real-life nephew, Jaafar Jackson, headlines his acting debut, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long cast as his parents.
It also became the biggest release Lionsgate has ever put out, topping Catching Fire's $865 million, and it had already smoked Bohemian Rhapsody's $911 million for the music-biopic record. Domestically, $370.2 million landed in North America, while $607.2 million came from overseas.
Critics were not vibing with it, parking a 38% score against a 97% audience rating, yet ticket buyers clearly did not care.
The catalog went off, hard. Jackson's streams nearly doubled, jumping 95%, and his Spotify monthly listeners climbed from roughly 68 million to 73 million, resting at 108 million as of writing. Billie Jean even clawed back to No. 1 on the Global chart.
Antoine Fuqua directed, and the singer's real-life nephew, Jaafar Jackson, headlines his acting debut, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long cast as his parents.
