Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua’s long-awaited biopic of Michael Jackson is hoping to pull off a record-setting moonwalk when opening in theaters across North America and the world this weekend.
From Lionsgate, Michael is tracking to earn at least $65 million to $70 million domestically, which would make it the biggest opening ever for a music biopic ahead of Universal’s current record-holder Straight Outta Compton ($60.2 million) and Fox’s Freddy Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody ($55 million), not adjusted for inflation. The producer behind Michael and Rhapsody is Graham King.
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When the film first came on tracking three weeks ago, the range was $55 million to $60 million. While still a great number, the subsequent spike signals that Michael may be benefiting from the nostalgia factor that is inspiring infrequent moviegoers to return to the multiplex in droves for the first time since the pandemic,
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