{"id":11098,"date":"2026-05-19T03:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11098"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:18:34","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-crosses-700-million-globally-dominates-worldwide-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11098","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Biopic Crosses $700 Million Globally, Dominates Worldwide Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Himal Hub \/<\/strong> The biographical film *\u201cMichael,\u201d* based on the life of pop legend Michael Jackson, has achieved a major global milestone by earning more than $700 million at the worldwide box office. The film reclaimed the top position internationally after collecting an impressive $57.7 million from 83 overseas markets during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Distributed internationally by Universal Pictures and in the U.S. by Lionsgate, the film continues to perform strongly even in its fourth week of release. So far, *\u201cMichael\u201d* has grossed $703 million worldwide, including $421 million from international markets and $282 million from North America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With its release in Japan still pending, industry analysts believe the film could surpass the $911 million global record set by the acclaimed 2018 musical biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, The Walt Disney Company\u2019s highly anticipated sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 is also nearing the $550 million mark globally. Starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, the comedy sequel has earned $546.2 million worldwide so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In its third week, the film added another $50.6 million from international markets alone. While it earned $175.9 million in North America, the movie has seen even greater success overseas, generating $370.3 million internationally. Its strongest-performing markets include the United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico. Disney reportedly invested around $100 million in producing the sequel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, Warner Bros.\u2019 sequel Mortal Kombat 2 experienced a significant slowdown in its second weekend. The film collected only $10 million from 79 international territories, marking a 53 percent drop from its opening weekend performance. After two weeks, the movie has earned $39 million internationally and $101 million worldwide against an $80 million production budget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 mystery comedy Sheep Detective, starring Hugh Jackman, earned $14 million across 88 markets during its second weekend. The film has now grossed $29 million internationally and $58.7 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Produced with a budget of approximately $75 million, *\u201cSheep Detective\u201d* may need a longer theatrical run to fully recover its investment. However, strong reviews and positive audience reactions are expected to support its box office momentum in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himal Hub \/ The biographical film *\u201cMichael,\u201d* based on the life of pop legend Michael Jackson, has achieved a major&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-rangamancha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11101,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11098\/revisions\/11101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}