By Jailene Giron
Three weeks after its theatrical debut, the biographical film “Michael” continues to secure its place as one of the highest-grossing productions of all time. According to the Time limit portal, The film has grossed $577,000,000 worldwide since its release on April 24.
This impressive figure is the result of the $240,000,000 dollars that got the domestic market (United States) and the $337,000,000 obtained through international markets, such as: United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Brazil and France.
Just In its first weekend, the long-awaited biopic became a box office phenomenon, grossing $39.5 million on its opening day alone, presented in 3,955 theaters.This was confirmed by data from Field Space of work Mojo.
It is with this box office success that the film “Michael”, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson (nephew of the ‘King of Pop’), It ranks as the second highest-grossing film biography in history, surpassing “Elvis”, with a total of $289,000,000.
For its part, The first place in the rating is maintained by “Bohemian Rhapsody”, a film that portrays the life of Freddie Mercury and his rise to the top of success with the band Queen. Upon its release in 2018, its domestic and global box office earnings were recorded at $217,000,000 and $911,000,000, respectively.
A film that marked differences between the ‘King of Pop’ family
Despite the great reception that this Michael Jackson biopic has received from the public, Some members of his family have spoken out against the narrative used to tell his story. Such was the case of his daughter Paris Jackson.
The young singer broke her silence on the matter with a harsh criticism on social networks in which she assured that the film contains “many inaccuracies and many lies” about the artist.
Paris, 28 years old, He confessed that “Michael” presents an overly controlled vision of the type of person and artist his father was.. In addition, he indicated that although he gave his feedback on the first versions of the film, in the end it was ignored.
“There is a lot of inaccuracy, and there are a lot of outright lies. And at the end of the day, that doesn’t convince me. I don’t like dishonesty“The singer also reiterated.
In order not to fuel the controversy, the young woman expressed: “That doesn’t suit me. I don’t like dishonesty. I spoke, but I wasn’t listened to (…) I thought: ‘that’s it, you guys are going to like the movie. Go see it, enjoy it, do what you want, but leave me out”.
Continue reading:
• “Michael” sweeps the box office and becomes the best premiere of a musical biopic
• Prince Jackson confesses that seeing his cousin Jaafar as Michael in the new biopic was “an emotional shock”
• Paris Jackson criticizes the film “Michael” and assures: “It is full of lies”
