‘Michael’ storms the box office

The biopic of pop icon Michael Jackson is performing exceptionally well at the Hollywood box office.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film Michael is expected to earn $88 mn or more in its first three days in the United States.

Thanks to its strong popularity in international markets, box office analysts believe the film’s global earnings could easily surpass $180mn within the same period.

Earlier projections estimated the opening weekend gross to be between $65 mn and $70 mn.

This marks the biggest opening in the history of music-based biopics.

The previous records were held by Straight Outta Compton ($60.1 mn) and Bohemian Rhapsody ($55 mn).