In 2018, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody became the highest-grossing musician biopic of all time. It accumulated awards, with Rami Malek winning a Golden Globe for his performance as Freddie Mercury and the film taking home Best Picture. Now, Michael has broken the record, bringing in $911.9 million worldwide.
Per Deadline, Michael currently has $358.6M at the domestic box office with $553.3M from international ($540.5M of which was generated by Universal after taking foreign theatrical and ancillary rights), whereas Bohemian Rhapsody grossed $216.6M stateside and $694.3M abroad. It's a good day for Graham King, who produced both.
Deadline also put together a list of all the box office records broken by Michael:
• Lionsgate’s highest grossing theatrical release ever at the worldwide box office
• Highest grossing musical biopic of all time
• Largest global opening weekend ever for a musical biopic
• 2nd highest grossing film of 2026 worldwide (only behind Universal, Illumination and Nintendo’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie)
• 2nd highest grossing biopic worldwide, only behind Universal’s Oppenheimer
• 65 of international markets achieved the highest grossing opening ever for a musical biopic
• 40 international markets surpassed the lifetime of Bohemian Rhapsody, including Brazil, France, and Mexico
• Highest grossing Universal film of all time in Brazil
• Most successful biopic ever in France, surpassing the legendary local film La Môme (La Vie En Rose)
• Highest grossing music biopic (domestic)
• Highest grossing biopic (domestic)
• Largest domestic opening weekend ever for a musical biopic
That's a lot of records.
