Michael Jackson Biopic Crushes Box Office

0:00It's April 27th. You're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today. AI Power Pop Culture Updates. I'm Cory with the Story. Michael Jackson's bio-pictitled, Michael just crushed the box office on opening weekend, pulling in $97 million domestically and one. 120.4 million overseas for a massive total of 217.4 million. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, it stars Jackson's nephew, Jafar Jackson, as the king of Pop himself, tracking his climb to worldwide fame. It dropped in theaters everywhere on April 24th, blowing past predictions of 70 million domestic by nearly doubling that mark. This marks the biggest opening ever for any bio-pict, topping even Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at 80 million, and it now holds the record for. Music bio-picts over Bohemian Rhapsody. Critics hit it hard with a rotten tomato score, around 38%, calling it mediocre at best, but audiences flip the script too.

1:0297% approval. Fans are showing up in droves across all ages, proving the pull of Jackson's story still runs deep. The film stays family-friendly by zeroing in on his career highs rather than personal drama, which helped it dominate not just in North America, but key spots abroad too. Universal handled the overseas roll-out for Lionsgate. Michael's legacy keeps breaking records from beyond the grave, reminding us why he's etched in pop history forever.