Box Office: 'Michael' Michael Jackson Biopic Eyes $150 Million Opening
Lionsgate and Universal's Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael' is eyeing a $150 million worldwide start at the box office.
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Box Office: 'Michael' Michael Jackson Biopic Sees $12.5M+ Previews
The Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael' is off to a thriller start with $12.5M+ in previews.
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That would be smart.... I can see some school kids who might have some free time wanting to see it
Also people saying it needs to be seen on a big screen
Definitely in Chicago there were a lot of sold out shows... and fans literally lining up to take photos of the Michael displays at theaters.
This just might make it into the top 10 domestic.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2025) - Box Office and Financial Information
Financial analysis of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2025) including production budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports.
Domestic Box Office
$22,890,734
International Box Office
$18,853,770
Worldwide Box Office
$41,744,504
Box Office: 'Devil Wears Prada 2' To Stun With $180M Global Opening
Typically it's the fanboys who fire off summer, but this year, it's the fangirls as 20th Century Studios/Disney's highly anticipated The Devil Wears Prada 2 looks to keep the box office pizzazz going after Lionsgate's Michael, with a $73M-$80M domestic start for what could be a near $180M...
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Box Office: 'Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu' Eyes $80 Million Opening
'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' hit tracking with an outlook of $80M+ over the 4-day Memorial Day holiday in the U.S.
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Box Office: 'Devil Wears Prada 2' Banking $10M U.S. Previews, $50M+ WW
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is off to an excellent start with $10M+ in Thursday previews stateside and over $50M worldwide.
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Box Office: 'Michael' Crosses $300M WW, Becomes No. 2 Musical Biopic
'Michael' is crossing $300M WW and unseating 'Elvis' to become the No. 2 musical biopic of all-time after 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
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Box Office: 'Devil Wears Prada 2' Banking $75M-$80M U.S. Opening
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is off to an excellent start with $10M+ in Thursday previews stateside and over $50M worldwide. Domestic opening figured at $75M-$80M.
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Box Office Global: 'Devil Wears Prada 2' $115M, 'Michael' $413M WW
Currently 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is counting $115M at the global box office through Friday. 'Michael' will raise its running cume to $413M WW.
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‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ In Vogue With Current $115M WW, ‘Michael’ Dancing The Weekend Away To $413M+ Cume – Global Box Office Update
Behold, summer is officially here with two movies that are slaying around the globe. 20th Century Studios/Disney’s opener this weekend The Devil Wears Prada 2 currently counts $114.6M global through yesterday. Remember, we said the pic could open to $180M WW by tomorrow.
Of that, international is $82.1M so far from 51 markets while North America has delivered $32.5M through yesterday, plus previews. Friday’s overseas total was $27.5M alone. Keep in mind it was Labor Day for most in Europe and Latin America. The David Frankel directed sequel is No. 1 in nearly all global markets except for Netherlands, South Africa, Bolivia and Ecuador. Japan opened to No. 1 yesterday which also doubled as the highest MPA opening day YTD. The sequel had the second highest opening day YTD in India (Disney didn’t provide gross figures yet for the latter two territories).
Per Disney, the sequel posted the highest opening day YTD in Brazil, Italy, Japan (non-local), Korea and Australia as well as Belgium, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece, Ukraine, Poland, Turkey, New Zealand, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Italy is leading in terms of the sequel’s offshore territories with $9.7M. The pic reps 78% of the weekend’s marketshare with its opening also Disney’s 5th highest of all-time in the country.
Brazil counts $6.6M where the movie is commanding 72% marketshare.
Mexico with $6.3M so far repped the second highest opening day YTD on Thursday.
Germany with $4.9M to date is commanding 50% of the weekend’s marketshare.
China stands at $4.9M since opening on Thursday, still in the No. 1 spot. Pic’s first day that was 55% ahead of Michael‘s last weekend. Pic is commanding a 62% marketshare.
France counts a $4.6M running total. Pic’s Wednesday was the third highest opening day YTD.
The UK opened on Friday with $4M and saw the second-highest opening day of 2026 with a strong 57% marketshare. Poland and Turkey also posted the highest opening days of the year.
Australia stands at $4.5M with 62% marketshare. Pic’s Thursday opening was the highest YTD.
Korea has $2.8M in the bank so far. The sequel opened there on Wednesday where it posted, yes, the highest so far YTD. Social scores are strong with Naver 9.43 and CGV at 93%.
Spain has $2.5M and counting. Pic’s Thursday opening day repped the third highest so far this year.
We told you yesterday that Lionsgate’s Michael became the second-highest grossing musical biopic of all-time at $300M, surpassing Elvis and behind Bohemian Rhapsody ($911M). By the end of this weekend though it will boogey higher with a running foreign cume of $232.5M through Sunday plus another $180.8M from North American for a grand running worldwide cume of $413.3M. Universal, as we told you, is releasing the biopic overseas sans Japan which gets released later by Kino and Lionsgate.
We’ll have more updates for you tomorrow.
'Mortal Kombat II' Eyes $65M-80M WW Opening, 'Devil Wears Prada 2' To Rule Box Office
'Devil Wears Prada 2' could see a second global weekend of $107M-$117M beating 'Mortal Kombat II's $65M-$80M at the box office.
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‘Mortal Kombat II’ To Karate Chop Near $80M WW Opening, But The World Belongs To The ‘Devil’ – Box Office Preview
When it comes to succeeding in a post Covid and 2023 strikes theatrical landscape, pay close attention to this weekend at the summer box office, which again is bound to be rich, far exceeding last year’s second frame of the season which did $84M domestic. It’s about counter-programming in a given weekend which makes the turnstiles go ’round, and that’s a tried-and-true strategy the major studios aren’t executing much of this summer prior to August.
In fact, the top two movies alone, New Line/Warner Bros/Atomic Monster’s Mortal Kombat II with around $50M (maybe $40M-range now) and The Devil Wears Prada 2‘s estimated second weekend in the low $40Ms will alone beat the entire marketplace result from a year ago. Then there’s the third weekend of Lionsgate’s Michael with around $30M, Amazon MGM Studios’ The Sheep Detectives comedy starring Hugh Jackman ($12M+) and Paramount’s James Cameron and Billie Eilish co-directed concert film, Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft The Tour Live in 3D ($6M-$9M). All movies, except for Mortal Kombat II (a destination for dudes), are expecting Mother’s Day business, hence the reason why they’re all here on the calendar.
The previous Mortal Kombat came out during Covid in April 2021 when Warner Bros was experimenting with the theatrical-day-and-date HBO Max release strategy, and the movie did quite well in theaters even though grosses were siphoned by a home availability with a $23.3M North America start, final $42.3M and global of $84.4M. Ala Dune: Part 2 and Godzilla X Kong, the notion is that the pure theatrical availability will boost grosses higher. Also, as we’ve previously mentioned, when the first trailer was dropped last July, it notched the best ever 24-hour traffic for a red-band spot with close to 107M views per WaveMetrix. Mortal Kombat II was previously dated for Oct. 24 but moved here given how Warners believed it had a Final Destination: Bloodlines commercial patina about it; that pic opening during the third weekend of May last year to a franchise record debut of $51.6M.
The R-rated sequel starts previews at 3PM on Thursday with the pic going in 3,400 U.S./Canada theaters in Imax, Dolby, PLF, Motion Seats, Dine-Ins and Drive-ins. Warner has lowered their expectations to $35M for the film (NRG we hear has it at $49M) with an outlook of $65M WW, $30M of that expected for international from 78 territories and 40,000 global screens in France, Germany, Italy, China, Australia, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Spain and UK. If domestic industry forecasts hold, then the global start for the Simon McQuoid-directed movie is closer to $80M. Rotten Tomatoes critics score is at 75% fresh, much higher than the 55% Rotten of the 2021 edition.
In Mortal Kombat II, Karl Urban gets into the ring as Johnny Cage as he and his fisticuffs colleagues are pitted against one another in the ultimate battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn which threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
However, when it comes to the world this weekend, Devil Wears Prada 2 will not cede its throne. International is expected to be 52%-58% off from its $156.6M opening with $65M-$75M, which would indicate a second global frame in the range of $107M-$117M. Devil 2‘s running global cume would be north of $460M on the high end.
In regards to No. 2 worldwide, it’s a toss-up between Mortal Kombat II and Michael which could also do an $80M third global take ($50M of that estimated from overseas), pushing its running cume well beyond a half billion.
The PG-rated Sheep Detectives, directed by Kyle Balda, follows George (Jackman), a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. However, a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, and the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers. Critics love the movie at 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. North American previews start at 2PM Thursday with theater count on Friday at 3,547. Seventy-nine markets are going overseas including UK, Australia, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, and Japan to name a few. The film will open in nine markets later this month including Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, and Thailand on May 14, China on May 16, and Malaysia May 27th.
Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft was acquired by Paramount in a 50/50 split with Interscope for $20M. Previews stateside for the PG-13 movie are at 2PM tomorrow with a theater location Friday of 2,600 sites. Early access screenings were held Wednesday, April 29 at 7PM (local time) in Dolby 3D and RealD 3D. The movie was originally scheduled to go in March, but went two months later as Cameron was zhuzhing up the tech on the film. The world premiere is tonight at the Jason Reitman-run Village in Westwood which also has supped up Dolby 3D before its complete renovation. Global outlook is $12M-$15M with bows in 57 markets including Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom. No RT critical score yet.
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