UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING: Before the Michael Jackson biopic hits Japan next weekend, today's global box office figures show Lionsgate's highest-grossing film of all time has reached $897.9 million after grossing $23.1 million worldwide in its seventh weekend. That $897 million figure includes off-site grosses from Universal, handled by Volga.
Volga is distributing the film in Russia, where it has grossed approximately $10 million.
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Overall, that translates to $7.7 million domestic (down $35.1 TP3T) and $15.4 million international (down $29.1 TP3T) from 83 countries. With international revenue of $533.8 million ( $543.685 million in general abroad, including the Volga markets), «"Michael"» surpassed this indicator «Bohemian Rhapsody »" in terms of foreign box office revenue in comparable markets. Domestic revenue is $354.2 million.
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The UK and Ireland added $1.8 million. This weekend, the film will reach a worldwide total of $68.1 million, already surpassing «Bohemian Rhapsody» at the same stage.
In Germany Michael earned $1.6 million over the seven-weekend stretch, bringing its Sunday total to $34.3 million, well above Bohemian Rhapsody's performance indicators« at the same time. Michael took 4th place, earning additional income thanks to the Corpus Christi holiday.
In France the film "Michael"« grossed $1.5 million this weekend, reaching a total of $54.5 million and surpassing the box office of films «BoRap» и «Oppenheimer.
The film's domestic box office grossed $1.3 million, bringing its total to $32.2 million, making it Uni's most successful film ever released in Brazil.
In Australia, the film grossed $1.1 million for a total of $30.7 million, surpassing the films «Oppenheimer» и «"Bohemian Rhapsody"» at the same time.
В In the Netherlands, Antoine Fuqua's film, directed by Graham King, grossed another $800,000, bringing its total to $14 million after seven weeks of release. «"Michael »" remains the market leader.
UPDATE FRIDAY: You know it's a great summer when multiple studios set global box office records. Lionsgate, which fueled the excitement for the film, «"Michael"» Director Antoine Fuqua's film, which grossed $97.2 million domestically and $217.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, will make the Michael Jackson biopic the highest-grossing film of all time. «"Michael"» It's already the seventh weekend in a row.
The film "Michael", collected by Thursday $346.6 million in the USA and more than 508 million dollars abroad ( over $854.6 million at the worldwide box office ), will surpass Lionsgate's two highest-grossing films of all time: «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire » 2013 ($865 million at the worldwide box office) and «The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2» 2012 ($868.5 million worldwide; $829.7 million domestic box office). Universal took over the foreign Michael's rental« , except Japan.
RELATED NEWS: As work on "Michael 2" progresses, Lionsgate Film chief is confident the studio can deliver another "massive and exciting film for a global audience.".
Incidentally, this Michael Jackson-rich film distribution market, the last in the film's international tour, will finally open on June 12 thanks to local distributor Kino in partnership with Lionsgate. The second-highest-grossing territory outside the US/Canada for Jackson's 2009 documentary «This Is It» Japan topped the charts with $57 million, accounting for 211% of the Sony release's worldwide total of over $267 million. Japan is expected to not only surpass the nine-century mark for worldwide box office receipts, but also bring in a profit for the film's producer. To Graham King has a box office record that will surpass his own, which means that Michael ready to surpass the four-time Oscar winner« «Bohemian Rhapsody» (which eventually grossed $911 million worldwide) and became the highest-grossing music biopic of all time.
The film, starring Jafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Miles Teller and Nia Long, has already surpassed box office receipts «Bohemian Rhapsody» in a number of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom (over $65 million), France (over $51 million), Germany (over $32 million), Mexico (over $31 million), Brazil (over $30 million), Australia (over $29 million), Spain (over $25 million), Italy (over $28 million) and the Netherlands (over $13 million), to name a few.
RELATED: All the songs from the album "Michael": from "I'll Be There" to "Beat It"«
In theaters in the USA Michael overtook «Bohemian Rhapsody» ($216.6 million) and became the highest-grossing musical biopic domestically on its 16th day of release. The film posted impressive weekend numbers, dropping $441 in its second weekend, $301 in its third, $311 in its fourth, $211 in its fifth, and $431 in its sixth.
Focus Features recorded its highest-ever domestic box office success this past weekend. «"Obsession" by Curry Barker. This horror-romance film grossed $126.5 million in the United States and over $171 million worldwide.
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