{"id":278510,"date":"2026-06-29T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=278510"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:33:24","slug":"michael-surpasses-oppenheimer-to-become-highest-grossing-biopic-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/278510\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Michael\u2019 surpasses \u2018Oppenheimer\u2019 to become highest-grossing biopic of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” the biopic about the King of Pop, has become the highest-grossing biopic in cinema history, Deadline<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

The movie, which stars Jackson’s nephew, Jafar Jackson in the title role, has recorded a global box office total of $977.4 million in its 10th weekend in cinemas, surpassing “Oppenheimer’s” approximately $975 million global gross.<\/p>\n

Released in April 2026, the movies follows Jackson’s journey from his early years performing with The Jackson 5 alongside his brothers to becoming the King of Pop. It explores the singer’s early musical career, family relationships, and the formation of his solo career.<\/p>\n

“Michael” had already set another major record earlier this month by surpassing the $911 million global gross of the 2018 biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” about Freddie Mercury and Queen. “Bohemian Rhapsody” had long been considered the highest-grossing music biographical film.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” the biopic about the King of Pop, has become the highest-grossing biopic in cinema history, Deadline writes. The movie, which stars Jackson’s nephew, Jafar Jackson in the title role, has recorded a global box office total of $977.4 million in its 10th weekend in cinemas, surpassing “Oppenheimer’s” approximately $975 million global gross. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":278475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,47,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-society","category-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278511,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278510\/revisions\/278511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}