"Michael" key art featuring Juliano Valde and Jaafar Jackson.
Lionsgate
The Michael Jackson biopic Michael is projected to pass the half-billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office this weekend.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jermaine Jackson’s son/Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, Michael roared out of the gate in its opening weekend frame from April 24-26 with a $217 million worldwide debut, followed by a second weekend global haul of nearly $135 million.
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As of Wednesday, Michael — which chronicles the King of Pop’s career from age 10 with his brothers in The Jackson Five through the Bad album tour in 1988 — earned nearly $195.2 million domestically and $246 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $441.2 million to date.
Even though The Devil Wears Prada 2 knocked Michael off the top of the box office perch last weekend and a formidable competitor in Mortal Kombat II opens on Friday, Michael is still poised to cross a major box office milestone.
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The King Of Pop’s biopic is expected to earn $30 million in North American ticket sales and $50 million internationally for a global weekend tally of $80 million, projected by Deadline.
Should the projection hold, Michael, along with Thursday’s ticket sales, will end up somewhere beyond a conservative estimate of $520 million, or as much as $525 million to $530 million by Sunday.
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Even if ticket sales come in on the lower side, Box Office Pro projects a $25 million to $30 third weekend domestically for Michael, which will still be enough to push the film past the $500 million mark.
Karl Urban in "Mortal Kombat II."
Warner Bros. Pictures
Combined with numbers from Thursday previews, Mortal Kombat II — a sequel to the 2021 adaptation of the blockbuster video game — is projected by Deadline to make as much as $50 million domestically, while the trade publication pegs a finish in the low $40 million range for The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Box Office Pro, however, is projecting a much tighter race, pegging a $40 million to $45 million opening weekend for Mortal Kombat II, and a $38 million to $43 million second weekend for the Meryl Streep-Anne Hathaway sequel.
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Also opening in theaters this weekend is the Hugh Jackman family-friendly comedy The Sheep Detectives, which is projected by Deadline to earn $12 million-plus domestically. The concert movie Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft the Tour Live in 3D – which is co-directed by James Cameron and Eilish — is also new, and the trade publication projects it will earn anywhere from $6 million to $9 million in its debut weekend.
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