Michael added $6.5M domestically on Day 32, lifting the US total to $321.3M and worldwide to $790.1M. The biopic is now within touching distance of the $800M global milestone โ a number that seemed aspirational at launch but now looks inevitable within the next 48 hours.
The 132% week-on-week surge is driven by Memorial Day weekend traffic, giving the film a second wind after what had been a steady but unremarkable daily decline. At $321M domestic, it has already outpaced Bohemian Rhapsody's $216M to become the highest-grossing music biopic in US box office history.
The overseas performance at $468.8M tells the real story. Michael Jackson's global fanbase has turned out in markets where American biopics typically underperform, particularly across Asia and Latin America.
$790M worldwide on a $155M budget is a clean 2.15x ratio โ firmly in HIT territory, with $800M arriving any day now. The question isn't profitability anymore; it's whether $1 billion is possible.
Lionsgate has a genuine phenomenon on its hands. Even without reaching $1B, Michael will finish as one of the most profitable films of 2026 and the definitive proof that music biopics have blockbuster ceiling when the subject is big enough.
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