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Michael biopic earns $217M+ opening weekend — a record for biographical films
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Audiences were far more enthusiastic than critics.
Audiences were far more enthusiastic than critics.
Antoine Fuqua's biopic Michael, starring Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson in the lead role, debuted with $95 million domestically and over $217 million worldwide. The result marks the biggest opening weekend in the history of biographical films, surpassing the early numbers of Straight Outta Compton, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Oppenheimer.