‘Michael’ Debuts on Streaming Before Hitting the $1 Billion Mark at the Box Office

After a groundbreaking box-office run, the Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, moonwalked onto PVOD platforms this week. The movie defied pre-release controversy to break box-office records, and is on track to overtake Bohemian Rhapsody to become the biggest music biopic of all time worldwide. Domestically, Michael was able to outgross Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning Oppenheimer. For all its commercial achievements, however, the movie hasn't yet been able to hit the coveted $1 billion mark at the global box office, and now that it's available to watch at home, it's unclear if the film will have the legs to pull this off.