'Michael' joins the billion club at the global box office

The KING of the box office strikes again.

Michael ha reached and exceeded one billion dollars at the global box officel, becoming the first biographical film to achieve this.

The film just concluded its thirteenth weekend in theaters (July 17-19).

The box office up to date Michael:

• $371.8 mdd (domestic box office)
• $629.8 mdd (international box office)
• $1001.6 million (global box office)

So far in 2026, only two projects have exceeded one billion in the box office: Michaely The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1,008 mdd). Toy Story 5 It is on track to cross the same mark in a few more days.

The most recent record of Michael joins a long list of achievements that include: being the highest-grossing biopic of all time, surpassing Oppenheimer ($975 million), and the highest-grossing musical biopic in history, surpassing Bohemian Rhapsody ($911 million). It is also Lionsgate's highest-grossing film (beating The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), and upon its release, it became the highest-grossing debut (domestic and global) of all time for a biopic (musical or otherwise).

The biopic of Michael Jackson is distributed by Lionsgate at the domestic box office, and by Universal Pictures in most international markets.

The film had a Approximate budget of $200 million dollars.

Michael has been able to impose itself on a clear division of opinions between professional critics and the audience. Specialists accuse her of wanting to portray a clean image of the superstar, by not addressing the various accusations that Jackson faced throughout his life. There is a good reason for this: Michael It ends in 1988, with the promise of continuing the story in a sequel. The first allegation against Jackson, made by Jordan Chandler, occurred in 1993, leading to an investigation that ended in a civil lawsuit settled in 1994.

Antoine Fuqua directs the script John Loganwith a cast led by Jaafar Jackson –Michael's nephew in real life– like Michael in his adolescent and adult years, and Juliano Krue Valdilike little Michael. Colman Domingo y Nia Long They play Joe and Katherine Jackson, Michael's parents, Miles Teller to John Branca, manager, and one of the co-executors of the singer's estate, Lawrence Tate is Berry Gordon, founder of Motown Records, and Laura Harrier is pioneering music executive Suzanne de Passe.

Can read our review of Michael here.

SYNOPSIS:

“Michael tells the story of Michael Jackson's life beyond musiccharting his journey from discovering his extraordinary talent as the leader of the Jackson Five, to becoming the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a tireless quest to be the world's greatest artist. Highlighting both his life off stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early days as a solo artist, The film gives audiences a privileged view of Michael Jackson like never before. Here your story begins”.