Lionsgate and Universal’s Michael has finally crossed $1 billion after 12 weekends in release, not only is that the second movie to do so in 2026 after Universal/Illumination/Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy, but it’s the first ever title for Lionsgate to clear that milestone.
Lionsgate’s previous highest grossing movie ever was 2013’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which Michael passed a while ago, that Jennifer Lawrence movie ending its global run at $865.2M.
Broken out the current domestic for the Antoine Fuqua directed movie is $371.8M and $629.8M overseas. It was always known that the musical biopic’s final market,
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