{"id":767383,"date":"2026-06-28T19:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767383\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:53:13","slug":"michael-box-office-surpasses-oppenheimer-as-highest-grossing-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/767383\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Michael’ Box Office Surpasses ‘Oppenheimer’ as Highest-Grossing Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cMichael<\/a>\u201d has grossed $977 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing \u201cOppenheimer\u201d as the highest-grossing biopic of all time.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cOppenheimer\u201d was the previous record-holder in terms of movies based on real people with $975 million globally, a remarkable total for an R-rated historical drama that\u2019s nearly three hours long. \u201cMichael\u201d already ranked as the biggest musical biopic of all time, surpassing 2018\u2019s Queen sensation \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d which generated $911 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMichael,\u201d distributed by Lionsgate in the U.S. and Universal in international markets, has grossed $607.2 million overseas and $370.2 million domestically since April. The movie opened to $97 million domestically and $217 million globally,\u00a0shattering the opening record for musical biopics set by 2015\u2019s \u201cStraight\u00a0Outta\u00a0Compton\u201d ($60 million). Driven by word of mouth and repeat viewings, \u201cMichael\u201d remained a box office powerhouse into the competitive summer moviegoing season. <\/p>\n

\n\tDirected by Antoine Fuqua, \u201cMichael\u201d chronicles the performer\u2019s journey from the Jackson 5 to his status as the King of Pop. Jaafar Jackson, the singer\u2019s real-life nephew, portrays Michael Jackson in his acting debut, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long as parents, Joe and Katherine. Film critics have complained that \u201cMichael\u201d takes a sanitized look at Jackson\u2019s life because it doesn\u2019t include the child sexual abuse allegations that were leveled against the singer later in his career. Since \u201cMichael\u201d omits the most controversial aspects of Jackson\u2019s life, Lionsgate was able to lean into the film\u2019s crowd-pleasing elements in marketing materials<\/a>, including meticulous re-creations of concert performances and music videos.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong other records, \u201cMichael\u201d is Lionsgate\u2019s highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing 2013\u2019s \u201cThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire\u201d ($865 million, not adjusted for inflation). The studio is expected to greenlight\u00a0at least one more film\u00a0<\/a>about Jackson\u2019s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMichael\u201d has grossed $977 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing \u201cOppenheimer\u201d as the highest-grossing biopic of all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,17234],"class_list":["post-767383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-michael"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}