Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic has earned over $911 million worldwide, passing Bohemian Rhapsody and setting new box office records despite a tangled production.
The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has now earned $911.9 million globally, making it the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time. The figure, reported by Deadline, pushes the Antoine Fuqua-directed film past the previous record holder, Bohemian Rhapsody, and establishes new benchmarks: the largest global opening weekend for a music biopic, and the highest domestic gross for any biopic.
Starring Jaafar Jackson as his uncle during his young adult years, the film traces Jackson’s early life and career, ending as he breaks from the control of his father, Joe. That narrative arc, focused on the rise of a pop icon, has resonated with audiences even as the production itself weathered costly reshoots and ongoing legal scrutiny tied to Jackson’s legacy.
The box office response suggests the commercial appetite for Jackson’s story remains large, though the film deliberately stops before the more contentious chapters of the singer’s life. With $1 billion in reach, Michael now stands as a case study in how a guarded biopic can still draw massive crowds—provided the mythology is strong enough.
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