{"id":647911,"date":"2026-05-17T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647911\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:38:10","slug":"michael-is-back-at-no-1-on-its-fourth-friday-in-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/647911\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Michael&#8217; is back at No. 1 on its fourth Friday in theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The King of Pop is back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael\u201d returned to the top of the box office after moonwalking down a step last week. <\/p>\n<p>The Michael Jackson biopic was in the No. 1 spot Friday, its fourth in theaters, with sales of $7 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, which <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/21\/entertainment\/michael-review-michael-jackson-biopic-is-painfully-bad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Post called <\/a>\u201cpainfully bad,\u201d has brought Jackson\u2019s music back onto the Billboard charts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/14\/nx-s1-5822509\/michael-jackson-popularity-billboard-charts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Post called the biopic \u201cMichael\u201d \u201cpainfully bad.\u201d \u00a9Lions Gate\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>His 1982 album \u201cThriller\u201d returned to the Billboard 200 at No. 7, and the hit 1983 song \u201cBillie Jean\u201d reentered the Hot 100 singles chart at No. 38.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In second place was \u201cObsession,\u201d which earned $6.89 million on its opener Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The horror flick, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/obsession-review-bracingly-scary-horror-173047952.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo said<\/a> had a \u201csuperbly orchestrated blending of dread, jump scares and dark comedy,\u201d centers around a man wishing on a toy that his lifelong female friend falls in love with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d\u00a0moved down a notch to third, taking in $5.3 million on its third Friday in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The sequel to the 2006 comedy \u2014 which had a reported production budget of $100 million \u2014 has already made over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-numbers.com\/movie\/Devil-Wears-Prada-2-The-(2026)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$450 million<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Inde Navarrette landed her breakout role in \u201cObsession.\u201d  Courtesy of Focus Features<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Tucci and Anne Hathaway reprised their roles in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2.\u201d AP<\/p>\n<p>In fourth was \u201cMortal Kombat II,\u201d a steep decline from its No. 1 spot last Friday, its opener, with $3.65 million in revenue. <\/p>\n<p>Several months before the fantasy sequel even premiered, Warner Bros. had already greenlit \u201cMortal Kombat III,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2026\/05\/12\/everything-we-know-about-mortal-kombat-3-including-a-resurrection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fifth was \u201cThe Sheep Detectives,\u201d\u00a0the mystery comedy starring Hugh Jackman, with just over a $2.4 million take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The King of Pop is back. \u201cMichael\u201d returned to the top of the box office after moonwalking 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