Michael including its $12.6M stateside previews now counts a running total of $44.3M for the $200M feature production. Thursday via Universal added $13.2M taking the Antoine Fuqua directed Michael Jackson biopic’s offshore take to $31.

Lionsgate's Michael Jackson film is set to challenge "Oppenheimer" for the all-time biopic opening weekend record

The biopic Michael has earned between $12.5 million and $13.5 million in previews so far, as per Deadline, which is an impressive number for a musical biopic. Earlier, the music biopic, Straight Outta Compton,

The Michael Jackson movie — which is all but assured of scoring the top start ever for a music biopic — is earning glowing audience scores despite getting dissed by most critics.

The Michael Jackson biopic has already set a slew of records overseas since opening midweek. And while reviews aren't great, moviegoers feel very differently.

Michael” is starting strong at international box office, generating $18.5 million on opening day. Those ticket sales include $16.6 million on Wednesday and $1.9 million in Tuesday’s previews. Lionsgate’s musical biopic about the rise of Michael Jackson debuts in North America and 82 overseas markets on Friday.

The first numbers for Lionsgate’s Michael are in and it’s shaping up to be a $35M-$40M Friday, which includes those $12.6M previews. The Friday through Sunday range is $85M-$95M, and there’s a path to higher,

The long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, finally released Thursday after a long journey to the silver screen. The story of Jackson’s ascend to one of the most iconic figures in the history