Michael Jackson Biopic Crushes Box Office

0:00On April 26, the Michael Jackson biopic just crushed the box office with a massive $217 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jafar Jackson, it pulled in 97 million domestically alone, marking the biggest global debut ever for. A musical biopic. It straight up dominated over heavy hitters like the Super Mario Galaxy movie, which grabbed 21 million domestically for a total of eight. 131 million worldwide and Project Hail Mary, adding 13 million in the U.S. to hit 613 million globally. Fans showed up huge despite all the backlash critics trashed it. And there's drama over skipping Janet Jackson, ending the story in 19. 88. And dodging those abuse allegations from the 90s onward, plus fresh claims popping of right before release. Smaller openers didn't fare as well, Samara weaving's action comedy over your dead body scraped by with 1.4 million domestically, while the NBA young boy Tordok, American young

1:05boy hit 1.2 million, a solid number for documentaries that usually struggle in theaters. Looking ahead, Michael faces a real test next weekend against the Devil Wears Prada 2, bringing back Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt after years of fan, Hype, plus new challengers like Hokeham and Deepwater, buying for that top spot. Famine and celebrity news, today powered by AI bringing you what's trending. I'm Corey with The Story.