Moana Snatched the Box Office Lead but the Real Winner of the Week Surpassed 1 Billion Dollars
Key Points
- Moana's live-action adaptation took the first spot at the box office in its opening weekend with a gross of 43 million dollars.
- The Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael' achieved a first by surpassing 1 billion dollars globally.
- Moana's opening figures showed a low performance, falling short of the 60 million dollar expectations.
- The film's production budget was announced to be approximately 250 million dollars.
By the Numbers
The live-action film adaptation of Moana settled into first place at the weekend box office by earning 43 million dollars in its first three days of release. The real winner, which showed a strong performance abroad particularly during its opening weekend and continued its struggle despite falling out of the top ten weeks ago, was the Michael Jackson biopic.
The biographical film named Michael, featuring the King of Pop's nephew Jaafar Jackson in the lead role, achieved a significant milestone as its global box office gross reached 1,001,691,000 dollars. With this success, the film earned the title of the first biographical film in cinema history to surpass the 1 billion dollar mark.
On the other hand, Moana's opening performance remained well below expectations. Expected to have an opening of around 60 million dollars and with a production budget reaching 250 million dollars, the film went down in history as the second-weakest opening among Disney's live-action adaptations, right behind Snow White.
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- The Michael Jackson biopic became the first biographical film in cinema history to surpass the 1 billion dollar mark at the global box office.
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- No, the film's 43 million dollar opening performance remained well below the forecasts of around 60 million dollars.
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