Box Office: ‘Michael’ Crosses $900M Worldwide

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s highest grossing movie ever in its history is even more so as expected: Michael has crossed $900M worldwide we hear. The Michael Jackson biopic is within $11M of overtaking Michael producer Graham King’s previous record grossing movie, Bohemian Rhapsody ($911M WW). Once that happens, Michael will be the highest grossing musical biopic ever.

Universal has the license on overseas theatrical as you well know, with the pic well north of internationally of $544.8M, and with a running domestic of $355.2M. Lionsgate has Russia via Volga, where the pic has grossed $10M. The movie opens through Kino, in partnership with Lionsgate, this Friday where Michael will give a new definition to easing on the road, with a potential shot at $1 billion. Michael before global P&A spend cost $200M-plus.

Currently, in its seventh week of release, Michael’s top grossing territories are as follows, the movie having beaten Bohemian Rhapsody in many of them: UK ($68M), France ($54.3M), Germany ($34.4M), Brazil ($32.2M), Mexico ($31.4M), Australia ($30.7M), Italy ($29.1M), Spain ($26.1M), Colombia ($14.3M), Netherlands ($14M), Korea ($11.2M), China ($10.3M), Russia ($10M), UAE ($9.7M), Peru ($9.6M), India ($8.3M), Switzerland ($8M), and Belgium ($7.4M).

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