{"id":553285,"date":"2026-04-27T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:51:12","slug":"michael-biopic-shatters-box-office-records-with-217-4m-global-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/553285\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Michael\u2019 Biopic Shatters Box Office Records With $217.4M Global Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The latest biopic on Michael Jackson, titled <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/michael-review-not-greatest-hits-143245460.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Michael;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a>, has set a new box office record for biopics worldwide, earning $217.4 million in its first weekend globally and becoming the largest biopic debut in movie history, beating Chris Nolan\u2019s biopic Oppenheimer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Domestic box offices contributed about $97 million, while international box offices contributed another $120.4 million, further cementing Michael Jackson\u2019s legacy worldwide. The movie is believed to have been produced at a cost of $200 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Domestic openings earned the movie a hefty $40 million on its first day, well above what experts were anticipating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson as his uncle, was not expected to follow the usual path of typical biographical movies, whose box offices rarely increase, this movie seems to be working very differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notwithstanding the relatively low critics\u2019 score of 38% on <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rotten Tomatoes;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, the audience gave it a massive 97%. This high number is reportedly due to the legacy of Jackson\u2019s music, which has a huge fan base around the globe, and due to his enormous music catalog. According to some experts, it could earn up to $1 billion globally if it continues this way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Michael did more than just earn a good box office. It boosted Michael Jackson\u2019s music back into popularity. As a result, seven songs made it to Spotify\u2019s Global Top 200. \u201cBillie Jean\u201d took ninth spot with 3.58 million listeners, marking the first time his 1983 hit made the global Top 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBeat It,\u201d with 2.71 million streams, ranked 28th. \u201cSmooth Criminal,\u201d \u201cThey Don\u2019t Care About Us,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Stop \u2018Til You Get Enough,\u201d \u201cRock With You,\u201d and \u201cThe Way You Make Me Feel\u201d also made it to the chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Michael is surely one of the best box office performers of 2026 so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/whereisthebuzz.com\/michael-biopic-shatters-box-office-records-with-217-4m-global-opening-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u2018Michael\u2019 Biopic Shatters Box Office Records With $217.4M Global Opening Weekend;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018Michael\u2019 Biopic Shatters Box Office Records With $217.4M Global Opening Weekend<\/a> appeared first on <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/whereisthebuzz.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews &amp; More;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews &amp; More<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest biopic on Michael Jackson, titled Michael, has set a new box office record for biopics worldwide,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7214,96,187088,15741,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-553285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-box-office","tag-entertainment","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-michael-jackson","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}