'Michael’ Becomes Highest‑grossing Musical Biopic, Passing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Michael has set a new box office record for musical biopics, with $911.9 million worldwide and strong international returns led by Universal.
- On Thursday, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael officially became the highest-grossing music biopic in cinema history, surpassing the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody with $911.9 million worldwide.
- Producer Graham King, who backed the Oscar-winning Bohemian Rhapsody, achieved another record with the Jaafar Jackson-starring film directed by Antoine Fuqua.
- Deadline reported Friday the film earned $358.6 million domestically and $553.3 million internationally, breaking opening records in Brazil, France, and Mexico.
- Lionsgate and Universal faced significant hurdles, forcing $50M in reshoots after the Michael Jackson estate overlooked a screenplay plot point involving an accuser that was never intended to be dramatized by writer John Logan.
- Arriving in Japan today via Kino, the film maintains its position as the second-highest-grossing film of 2026, trailing only The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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‘Michael’ Becomes The Highest-Grossing Music Biopic Of All Time
Michael, the film starring Jaafar Jackson as his late uncle, has officially become the highest-grossing music biopic ever made. According to Lionsgate, the film has earned $911.9 million worldwide, surpassing the previous benchmark set by 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The milestone arrives less than two months after the film’s debut in April. Audiences showed up in a major way from the start, helping Michael generate a massive opening weekend and qu…
What seemed like a difficult goal to reach finally happened. The film Michael became the most taquiller musical biopic of all time by overcoming the brand that Bohemian Rhapsody maintained for eight years. With a global revenue of 911.9 million dollars, the production dedicated to the life of the so-called "King of Pop" already occupies a privileged place in the history of musical cinema. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson, th…
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