• Studio Milestone: Michael has officially bypassed all previous studio flagships to secure the number one spot on Lionsgate’s all-time box office charts.
• Global Footprint: Total global revenue has climbed to $897.9 million USD, driven by exceptional multi-generational audience turnout.

The King has earned a new crown. Securing an absolute record-shattering performance run over its seventh theatrical weekend, Antoine Fuqua’s highly anticipated musical biopic MICHAEL has officially topped the charts to become the highest-grossing film in the history of Lionsgate Films. The movie has leveraged a massive multi-generational audience to fully dominate global distribution chains since its wide debut on April 24. Powered by a definitive performances from lead Jaafar Jackson alongside an ensemble featuring Colman Domingo and Nia Long, MICHAEL has become nothing short of a global phenomenon.

Let’s crunch the numbers.

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The Global Breakdown

The global box office for Michael has officially scaled past all-time studio flagships through the following performance metrics:

• Worldwide Gross: $897.9 million USD, displacing previous Lionsgate champions The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 ($868.5 million) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($865 million).
• Weekend Intake: An additional $23.1 million USD collected globally across 2,636 active theaters.
• Biopic Record Hunt: The numbers are still being determined (some trackers say $898 million as of early Sunday, some say it has already surpassed $900 million), but as of this writing, the title sits roughly $10 million USD behind Bohemian Rhapsody ($910.8 million), and it’s positioned to take the top spot ahead of a massive final market launch in Japan on June 12.

What’s Next?

Japan officially opens on June 12, and while the film will remain in theaters as it hits VOD, Lionsgate has confirmed the movie is set to arrive on premium video-on-demand platforms on June 9. From there, Lionsgate will follow up the streaming debut with a premium physical rollout on July 14 (according to the Blu Ray website), introducing an array of Collector’s Edition 4K UHD Steelbooks at retail giants like Walmart and Amazon.

The Synopsis

Michael tracks the meteoric rise of Michael Jackson from the early days of the Jackson 5 to the peak of the Thriller and Bad eras. With a reported $155 million production budget (some report this as being $200 million), the film had high expectations to meet. The film has not only met them but is now heavily rolling towards the $1 billion mark.

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