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The Official 'Michael' Bio-Pic Thread

knigofpop said:
Richard, can I call you Rich? You're in the UK right? Where abouts are you? I'm guessing you still haven't seen the movie?
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Yeah, you can... Yes I am. These days I'm about half an hour from Liverpool. I actually have 4 Imax cinemas within an hour of my house, it's just that this isn't an MJ release and so I'm not particularly bothered in going to see it. It's literally just a cash-in by people who mostly never met him, being told what to do by an estate who are just looking after their own income streams. And you wouldn't believe how much I don't care about their income streams.

I was at TII on opening night, saw Moonwalker at the cinema, saw Captain EO at Disneyland, got The Wiz, etc. but this film is different to those.

knigofpop said:
Let's meet up and watch it together, I'll pay! Let's start week three off strong. I genuinely want to know your opinion of the actual "product"
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I'm sure I'll end up watching it at one point, but I'm in no desperate rush. I'm sure some parts of it are well made, but on the face of it, it's too incomplete and has too many flaws to be seen as a serious biopic. I expect more from the films I watch. If the artist isn't involved, the film has to be balanced and objective. Warts and all.

Furthermore, I don't have to pretend to be shocked at how good the film is, or to keep reminding everyone that MJ is achieving "unprecedented" success. And I certainly won't be offended and go into a rage if another film is more successful than this one. None of that is under my control, none of that reflects on MJ, and none of that has any affect on my life.

squirrelinthetree said:
Don't take it personal, I had that kind of conversation too.
Something I really like about this forum is how knowledgeable and supportive people are about mj (except for a troll now and then), with experts in different areas, from personal life questions to unreleased songs to stats etc. And with different personal perspectives.
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Definitely. People are always going on about groups being better when they're more diverse, and yet paradoxically people these days seem to be far less tolerant of opposing views.

Even more amazing considering Michael's message was one of peace, harmony and acceptance. For those that haven't heard the first 30 seconds of this:


squirrelinthetree said:
So we can talk about questions and things that seem contradictory or might cast "shade" at first sight, and that we can't discuss anywhere else where haters are always around (And there have been very hard to read critical threads here). From the group someone always has a fact or viewpoint to share that helps to understand
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Exactly. Just because I disagree with somebody on one point, it doesn't mean I will disagree with them on all other points. And it doesn't mean I hate them. It just means I disagree, no more, no less.

It's just a natural part of being a mature adult. No need to try to shut every conversation down just because it doesn't go your way.

squirrelinthetree said:
I truly feel we must keep this quality alive and 🙏stop calling each other out or force our worldview on each other
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Indeed. It's a discussion board, not a unanimous agreement board.

MJ5824ever said:
As I say. I don’t see other artists fans dissecting the success of their favourite. They celebrate it. I just find it rather odd.
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You may be on to something. Beatles fans are Beatles fans because they like the music. They don't feel the sense of loyalty that some MJ fans seem to. They don't feel the need to jump to Paul McCartney's defence every time he makes a mistake, they admit he's written some bad songs, etc. They go to watch a Beatles film with an open mind, not knowing if it will be a good or a bad film, and then afterwards they debate and discuss it on merit.

Would be great if the MJ community could do the same.

MJ5824ever said:
Surel that will affect the amount of people who pay to go and watch at the cinema?
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We're in a transition. At this point the movie industry is making it up as they go along. I'm sure Lionsgate is doing everything they can to make the largest profit possible. They're a professional business. I can only guess they did market research and they think this timing is going to work best for them.

Bink said:
Question - is the issue around including the 1993 allegations because they cannot 'dramatise' members of the Chandler family or because they can't discuss the allegations at all?
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As I was saying before - it's irrelevant if you simply change who "they" is. The settlement doesn't apply to my movie company. I can make a film about any topic, and including any members of any family.

Basically, the settlement doesn't stop anything if you don't want it to.
 
MJ5824ever said:
Had my third round of chemotherapy today and, when I come home to rest, seeing things like this really cheer me up. 👍🤗

Thanks for posting Lilloue 👌
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How nice is this. Glad something can make you smile right now. Wishing all the very best for you.

Here is a video of kids dancing to "Billie Jean" in their classroom. I hope you enjoy it. They're so excited. Kids love Michael.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2052210110735458499
 
As of May 5, the movie has grossed:
$432,703,175

Here is the breakdown by country:
Gross Revenue
Country
188,782,898
USA

31,360,959
United Kingdom
21,404,222
France
17,925,358
Mexico
15,757,861
Brazil
15,684,411
Italy
14,190,410
Spain
13,976,014
Germany
13,493,181
Australia
6,899,824
Colombia
6,093,684
China
5,337,278
Netherlands
5,161,980
Peru
4,704,461
India
4,254,533
Central America
4,029,299
United Arab Emirates
3,838,029
Saudi Arabia
3,706,241
Other Middle East
3,330,119
Switzerland
3,272,691
Chile
3,172,562
Belgium
3,160,354
Argentina
3,099,911
Poland
3,015,926
Ecuador
2,203,847
Denmark
2,024,995
Malaysia
1,961,597
Sweden
1,885,320
South Africa
1,828,081
Austria
1,738,924
Norway
1,560,691
Taiwan
1,502,300
New Zealand
1,493,256
Russia/CIS
1,378,505
Hungary
1,376,812
Romania
1,211,389
Bolivia
1,201,308
Greece
1,187,318
Czech Republic
1,135,804
Finland
1,092,569
Türkiye
994,206
Ukraine
968,692
Hong Kong
913,230
Philippines
903,522
Israel
840,792
Singapore
676,731
Thailand
625,542
Bulgaria
620,480
Slovakia
518,725
Venezuela
434,517
Indonesia
372,933
Trinidad & Tobago
358,424
Portugal
318,363
Lithuania
289,724
Estonia
274,431
Uruguay
256,480
Slovenia
248,025
Sri Lanka
247,955
Vietnam
238,059
Egypt
237,286
Croatia
231,797
Iceland
223,264
Pakistan
217,904
Latvia
214,559
Paraguay
206,099
Nigeria
162,907
Kenya
153,603
Lebanon
149,479
Serbia and Montenegro
125,929
Cyprus
89,440
Mongolia
57,011
Bangladesh
41,857
Bosnia and Herzegovina
33,770
Albania
22,517
North Macedonia

Revenue relative to the population aged 13+

Using recent UN demographic estimates and approximating the 13+ population share for each country, the movie performed especially strongly in English-speaking and Southern European markets.

Approximate gross revenue per resident aged 13+

Country
USA
~$0.65
Australia
~$0.60
United Kingdom
~$0.54
France
~$0.37
Spain
~$0.33
Italy
~$0.30
Austria
~$0.23
Germany
~$0.19
Mexico
~$0.18
Brazil
~$0.09
 
Hi MJ5,

I think it’s correct to say;

“These are the figures ‘provided’ up to May 5th.”

Some of them have not been updated since Sunday May 3rd 👍
 
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