{"id":378581,"date":"2026-04-02T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378581\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:24:08","slug":"michael-jackson-movie-eyes-55m-record-musical-biopic-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/378581\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Movie Eyes $55+M Record Musical Biopic Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lionsgate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lionsgate\" data-tag=\"lionsgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionsgate<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michael\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael\" data-tag=\"michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> is bound to be a chart-topping hit when it opens on April 24. Three-week tracking today indicates an opening between $55M-$60M, besting the previous box office record set by a musical biopic, that being the 2018 Freddie Mercury and Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody, which bowed to $51M.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAdvance tickets sales at this point in time, which includes presales for an early access fan screening on Wednesday, April 22, point to a thriller 3-day start that\u2019s north of $50M+. Even with big movies on tracking, such as Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary which can impact long-term tracking on new titles, Michael still looks great. Exhibitors have already seen the movie, and the reaction has been very positive on what has been a challenging production for the Jackson estate-produced movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Graham King-produced, Antoine Fuqua directed, John Logan written, Jaafar Jackson starring feature is strong across all demos, and diverse groups, though slightly more pronounced in first choice with men and women over 25. Overall, first choice for the Michael Jackson biopic is well ahead of Project Hail Mary, Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis, Sinners and Oppenheimer at the same point when they hit tracking.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/michael-jackson-movie-michael-full-trailer-april-24-release-1236705983\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236705983\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson Movie \u2018Michael\u2019 Drops Full Trailer Ahead Of April Release Date<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMichael begins to moonwalk on April 10 with the world premiere in Berlin at the Uber Eats Music Hall at Uber Square. There is a full four-floor Michael experience with memorabilia from the movie as well as Jackson\u2019s career. On Saturday night, April 11, there\u2019s a \u201cGet on the Dance Floor \u2013 The Michael Jackson Party\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/universal\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal\" data-tag=\"universal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Universal<\/a> is releasing the biopic overseas, Lionsgate has domestic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionsgate\u2018s Michael is bound to be a chart-topping hit when it opens on April 24. Three-week tracking today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,8993,75812,278,21649],"class_list":{"0":"post-378581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-lionsgate","12":"tag-michael","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-universal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}