Michael Biopic Achieves Record-Breaking UK Opening
The new biopic "Michael" has achieved a record-breaking opening weekend in the UK, becoming the biggest biopic debut despite mixed critical reviews. Fans reportedly celebrated the film by dancing in the aisles.
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‘Michael’ Fans Danced in the Aisles, Critics Be Damned
The biopic of the pop singer crushed box-office records on its opening weekend as admirers moonwalked to a movie that critics have savaged.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
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Michael Jackson biopic debuted with £11.6m at the UK box office – almost double achieved by next-best Bohemian Rhapsody Michael, Antoine Fuqua’s authorised biopic of Michael Jackson’s life until 1988, before allegations of child sexual assault began to emerge against the singer, has performed marginally less impressively in the UK than the US. In the US, Michael outperformed the opening for Bohemian Rhapsody – the highest grossing music biopic of all time, with which Michael shares a producer...
By Catherine Shoard
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