Ten weeks after its theatrical release, Antoine Fuqua's film Michael has crossed a new milestone. With $977 million in worldwide box office receipts—including $607,2 million internationally and $370,2 million in the United States, according to Variety—the biopic about Michael Jackson's early life has now surpassed Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, which previously held the title of highest-grossing biopic of all time with $975 million. Michael had already overtaken Bohemian Rhapsody ($911 million) for the title of highest-grossing musical biopic. Starring Jaafar Jackson as his own uncle, alongside Miles Teller and Colman Domingo, the film achieved these results despite mixed reviews from critics and audiences.
$977 million worldwide, 5,4 million admissions in France
In France, Michael has also become the most-watched biopic in cinematic history, with 5,250,835 admissions to date, dethroning Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose (La Môme), which attracted 5,242,769 viewers upon its release in 2007 and earned Marion Cotillard her Oscar for Best Actress. The film is now competing with superhero blockbusters, and according to Deadline, with many theaters still showing it, the billion-dollar mark in worldwide box office receipts seems within reach. As of 2026, only Super Mario Galaxy has achieved this feat since the beginning of the year. These results should encourage the producers to consider a sequel: "There's at least one more film to make," Adam Fogelson, president of Lionsgate Studios, told Business Insider in April. The question then arises of how to depict the controversies and legal battles that marked Michael Jackson's career, carefully avoided in this first installment.
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