The Michael Jackson biopic, Michael released amid poor reviews earning just 38 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 211 reviews, but that didn't stop the audiences from thronging to theatres and showering their love on the King of Pop.

With an audience score of 97 percent based on 10K plus votes, Michael also became the King of Box Office this opening weekend.

Michael Creates History As The Biggest Biopic Opener Of All Time

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, Michael starring Jaafar Jackson in the lead role shattered opening day record and exceeded industry expectations by becoming the first biopic in history to hit $100 million globally on day one.

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It went on to wreak havoc at the box office earning a record-breaking $217 million in its opening weekend globally, significantly higher than the $150 million projection.

In the US, Michael was projected for a $70 million opening, it eventually made $97 million taking down all previous biopics including Oppenheimer ($82.5M), The Passion Of The Christ ($83.4M) and American Sniper ($89.3M).

As for the musical biopics, the number is almost double of the previous bests - Straight Outta Compton ($60.2M) and Bohemian Rhapsody ($51.1M).

While it made $97 million in the US, the movie collected a whopping $120.40 million internationally for a global opening of $217.40 million.

Before Michael, the biggest worldwide biopic opener was Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer which went on to do $180.40 million and Bryan Singer's Bohemian Rhapsody which opened to $141.70 million.

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While Oppenheimer went on to do $975.80 million at the worldwide box office on a $100 million budget, Bohemian Rhapsody collected $910.80 million on a $55 million budget.

Made on a $200 million budget, it will be interesting to see if Michael has the legs to take down Bohemian Rhapsody as the biggest musical biopic and Oppenheimer as the biggest grossing biopic of all time.