{"id":1523869,"date":"2026-07-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=00c28f7a5c9303ac9314b9520ef685d9"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:21:53","slug":"michael-jackson-biopic-michael-surpasses-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1523869","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson biopic &#8216;Michael&#8217; surpasses $1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/3f89802e32d2ee7eeb08a81320377134.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>'Michael' (Courtesy of Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Can\u2019t beat it! The Michael Jackson movie has hit another milestone.<\/p><p><em>Michael<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DasnbzpK0pR\/?hl=en\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has surpassed<\/a> the $1 billion mark at the box office, becoming the first biopic to cross that threshold.<\/p><p>In June it claimed the title of highest-grossing biopic of all time, taking over from the Oscar-winning film <em>Oppenheimer<\/em>. It\u2019s also the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time, surpassing <em>Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>, and the biggest film ever for Lionsgate.<\/p><p>\u201cAudiences have embraced the film from the beginning, turning it into a unique cultural phenomenon in theaters around the world,\u201d Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson said in a statement. \u201cTheir passion speaks to the enduring appeal of one of the greatest recording artists of all time, and it underscores the continued strength and vitality of the theatrical moviegoing experience.\u201d<\/p><p>Director Antoine Fuqua called the milestone \u201ca deeply humbling moment.\u201d<\/p><p>\"This achievement belongs to everyone who came together with a shared vision to honor one of the greatest artists the world has ever known,\u201d he continued in a statement. \u201cI am profoundly grateful to the audiences around the globe who embraced this film, showed up in theaters, and connected with this story across generations and cultures. This historic milestone is a testament to the enduring power of cinema to bring us together, and it is a chapter in movie history I will never forget.\u201d<\/p><p>The movie, starring the King of Pop\u2019s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, debuted in April with an impressive $217 million globally.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Michael&#8217; (Courtesy of Lionsgate)Can\u2019t beat it! The Michael Jackson movie has hit another milestone.Michael has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the box office, becoming the first biopic to cross that threshold.In June it claimed the title of highest-g&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":1523875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-13\/M_MichaelJacksonbiopic_020226.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1523869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 20:48:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-13\/M_MichaelJacksonbiopic_020226.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1523869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523874,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523869\/revisions\/1523874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1523869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1523869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1523869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}