Michael came in higher in both its domestic and global take respectively with $97.2M and $218.8M worldwide.
The Lionsgate produced and released feature stateside saw a Sunday of $25.4M ($400K more than expected), which repped a -22% hold off Saturday’s $32.4M.
Foreign was $121.6M from 82 territories, versus the $120.3M reported yesterday by Universal.
Again, Michael is the second biggest MPA global opening weekend YTD behind Super Mario Galaxy ($372.5M) and in like-for-like markets and today’s exchange ranges, Michael‘s opening frame is the biggest ever for a musical biopic (and that’s with an without previews, and with and without China).
In 64 territories, Michael notched the highest grossing opening for a musical biopic, apart from China (now at $4.8M), which opened just below Bohemian Rhapsody.
There’s a lot of excitement about the first weekend of summer with 20th Century Studios/Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2 which tracking has as of this minute at $73M, but advance ticket sales indicate higher. Disney decided to forgo the traditional Marvel movie launch to kick off the season. Industry sources expect Michael to do around $50M in weekend two. That’s a -49% ease. Graham King’s Bohemian Rhapsody back in 2018 had a fantastic weekend 2 hold of -39% with $31.2M Overall, Bohemian Rhapsody off an A CinemaScore did a 4.2x multiple off its $51M opening for a final stateside of $216.4M.
Last year, the first weekend of summer did $144.2M per Box Office Mojo led by Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* ($74.3M) and the third weekend of Sinners in second with $33.1M, followed by the fifth weekend of A Minecraft Movie in third with $13.7M.
