{"id":587748,"date":"2026-05-16T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587748\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:02:10","slug":"box-office-michael-reclaims-the-crown-with-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/587748\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Michael’ Reclaims the Crown With $7 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWithout any major new releases on Friday, \u201cMichael<\/a>\u201d moonwalked right to the top of the box office charts.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate\u2019s \u201cMichael\u201d earned $7 million domestic on Friday and is expected to add an impressive $25 million to $28 million by Sunday. That represents about a 27% drop from last weekend\u2019s earnings. The biopic about the life and times of the King of Pop has exhibited excellent staying power since its record-setting $97 million debut. By the end of its fourth weekend, it\u2019s expected to collect around $283 million in North America.<\/p>\n

\n\tFocus Features\u2019 horror newcomer \u201cObsession<\/a>\u201d took second with $6.89 million domestic on its opening day from 2,615 theaters. Through the weekend, it\u2019s expected to earn a solid $14.5 million. From writer-director Curry Barker, \u201cObsession\u201d follows a desperate young man who uses a \u201cOne Wish Willow\u201d to make his crush fall madly in love with him. He gets exactly what he wants, but his deepest desires come with a deadly price. Cast members include Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter and Haley Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n

\n\t20th Century Studios\u2019 \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a>\u201d landed at No. 3 with $5.3 million on its third Friday in North American theaters. By Sunday, the high-fashion sequel starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt should gross around $20 million, pushing the film\u2019s total domestic earnings to $177 million through three weekends of release. Factoring in international grosses, \u201cPrada 2\u201d officially crossed the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\tWarner Bros. and New Line\u2019s \u201cMortal Kombat II\u201d fell to fourth in its sophomore Friday with $3.7 million domestic. That represents a hefty 79% drop from its opening day. Through the weekend, the bloody, beat-\u2019em-up actioner should pull in about $12.7 million, which would bring its North American tally to around $61 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tFifth place went to Amazon MGM\u2019s \u201cThe Sheep Detectives,\u201d which added $2.45 million domestic on Friday. Through its second Sunday in theaters, the family-friendly whodunnit should collect $10 million, pushing its North American tally to $30 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Without any major new releases on Friday, \u201cMichael\u201d moonwalked right to the top of the box office charts.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,29683,2839,14159,9019,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-587748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-michael","tag-movies","tag-obsession","tag-the-devil-wears-prada-2","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587748","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=587748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}