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The Michael Jackson biopic \u201cMichael\u201d returned to the top of the domestic box office rankings four weeks after its debut, according to early numbers reported by the Hollywood<\/a> trade<\/a> publications<\/a>, as the smash hit surpasses a worldwide gross of $700 million and approaches the record for biggest total gross from a music biopic set by \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cMichael\u201d has now grossed $703 million worldwide, approaching the $911 million record set by \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n FilmMagicKey Facts<\/p>\n \u201cMichael\u201d grossed another $26.1 million at North American theaters over the weekend, coming out ahead of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d after the sequel dominated the box office two weeks in a row.<\/p>\n The Michael Jackson biopic previously broke records<\/a> for biggest opening for a music biopic after it grossed about $97.2 million in April.<\/p>\n \u201cMichael\u201d has now grossed over $280 million at North American theaters and $703 million worldwide.<\/p>\n It remains to be seen if \u201cMichael\u201d can keep getting viewers to theaters to challenge the record for best box office performance by any music biopic\u2014held by the Freddie Mercury-inspired biopic \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d which grossed $911 million worldwide in 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cMichael\u201d has yet to open in at least one major market\u2014Japan, where the movie is scheduled to debut in June.<\/p>\n Surprising Fact<\/p>\n \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d had another big weekend, grossing about $18 million at the domestic box office. The sequel to the 2006 film starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci opened with about $77 million<\/a> and grossed another $41.6 million over its second weekend in theaters, topping $175 million in North America and approaching a global gross of $550 million.<\/p>\n What Else Performed Well At The Box Office This Weekend?<\/p>\n \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d took second place after leading for two weeks in a row. Third place went to \u201cObsession,\u201d the Focus Features-distributed horror film that debuted on the festival circuit last year. Directed by former YouTube filmmaker Curry Barker, the film opened at 2,615 North American theaters to gross about $16 million. \u201cMortal Kombat II\u201d came in fourth place with about $13.4 million for its second weekend, after opening with $38 million last weekend. \u201cThe Sheep Detectives,\u201d a Hugh Jackman-helmed comedy distributed by Amazon MGM Studios, rounded out the top five after bringing in $9.3 million in North America.<\/p>\n Further ReadingForbes\u2018Michael\u2019 Shatters Records For Biopics With $97 Million OpeningBy Zachary Folk<\/a>Forbes\u2018The Devil Wears Prada 2\u2019 Opens With $77 Million In North America\u2014Flying Past Original\u2019s 2006 OpeningBy Zachary Folk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline The Michael Jackson biopic \u201cMichael\u201d returned to the top of the domestic box office rankings four weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[9867,18,117,19,17,19695,25129,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-489586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-box-office","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-michael","14":"tag-michael-jackson","15":"tag-movies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116591532619398923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}