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The Michael Jackson biopic has earned $577 million globally in three weeks, surpassing Elvis as the second-highest-grossing biopic
The film stars Jaafar Jackson as Michael and highlights his life from childhood to his early solo career
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the movie broke records for the best biopic box office debut and received support from Jackson’s family
Michael has passed a major box office milestone.
Deadline reported on Monday, May 11, that the Michael Jackson biopic has netted $577 million since it hit theaters three weeks ago, including $240.4 million at the domestic box office and $336.88 million abroad after bringing in $95 million in its third weekend — making Michael the second highest-grossing biopic of all time.
The film surpassed Elvis, which brought in $288.7 million worldwide, according to Billboard. 2018’s Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which took in $216.7 million at the domestic box office and $910.8 million overall, still holds the no. 1 spot.
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in ‘Michael’.
Credit: Lionsgate
According to Deadline, Michael has been a hit in a number of countries outside the U.S., including the U.K., Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Brazil and France, where it took the no. 1 spot with $7.2 million over the weekend.
Over three years after it was first announced, the film premiered in theaters on April 24. Michael stars Jaafar Jackson, the son of the King of Pop’s brother, Jermaine Jackson, in the titular role.
Playing a young Michael is Juliano Krue Valdi, while Colman Domingo portrays patriarch Joe Jackson, who managed Michael and his brothers in the Jackson 5, and daughters Rebbie Jackson, La Toya Jackson and Janet Jackson.
The film has taken a number of other box office records already, including the best box office start of all time for a biopic after it netted $97 million domestically and $217 million abroad in its first weekend, totaling an impressive $314 million worldwide, per Variety. 2015’s Straight Outta Compton previously held the record with $60 million.
Michael‘s box office success also marked the second-biggest debut of 2026 so far, as The Super Mario Galaxy Movieraked in $131 million earlier this year.
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Michael chronicles the singer’s life on and off stage, from his childhood as part of the famed Jackson 5 and spanning his early solo career.
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in ‘Michael’.
Credit: Glen Wilson/Lionsgate
“Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before,” the film’s synopsis reads.
An early logline for the film said that it would bring an “honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated” singer, whose final years before his death were met with controversy. The film ends in 1988, leaving out any of the child sex abuse allegations made against him in the years to follow.
The Antoine Fuqua-directed and John Logan-written biopic was developed with the blessing of many of the late Michael’s family members after he died in 2009 at age 50.
It also stars Nia Long as Jackson matriarch Katherine Jackson, Miles Teller as lawyer-manager John Branca, Laura Harrier as producer Suzanne de Passe and Mike Myers as CBS Records exec Walter Yetnikoff.
Michael is in theaters now.
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