EXCLUSIVE: The walk-up business for Lionsgate‘s Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, is doing significantly more than just easing down the road.
Earlier tonight we heard they were at $10M, then $11M, now the combined previews from yesterday’s Imax/PLF fan 6PM showtimes plus today’s showtimes which began today at 12noon are between $12.5M-$13.5M per sources. That’s easily the best ever for a musical biopic (Straight Outta Compton‘s preview cash was $4.96M, which translated into a $60.2M record start for the subgenre).
We told you earlier today that we heard presales for the Antonie Fuqua directed, Graham King produced, John Logan written movie were exceeding that of Project Hail Mary. And here we are with Michael showing better moves than Ryan Gosling and alien Rocky. That pic made $12M in combined previews which led to an $80.5M opening.
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