Release year

2026

Release date

April 10, 2026

Franchise

N/A

Genres

DramaHistoricalMusical

Runtime

127 minutes

Distributors

Lionsgate FilmsUniversal Pictures

MPAA rating

N/A

Directors

Antoine Fuqua

Screenwriters

John Logan

Writers

N/A

Producers

Graham KingJohn BrancaJohn McClain

Studios

Lionsgate FilmsUniversal Pictures

Production companies

Lionsgate FilmsGK FilmsOptimum Productions

Cinematography

Dion Beebe

Edited by

John OttmanHarry YoonConrad Buff IVTom Cross

Music by

N/A

Based on

N/A

Budget

$155

Estimated Profit

$225M

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Michael

Name: Michael
Released: April 10, 2026 (2026-04-10) April 24, 2026 (2026-04-24) (United States)

2026 · Antoine Fuqua · Graham King John Branca John McClain · 127 minutes

Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of the American singer Michael Jackson, covering his childhood with the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad World Tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Valdi, both in their film debuts. The supporting cast includes Nia Long, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo.

Drama Historical Musical

Cast Salaries

Cast	Year	Salary	Inflation adjusted salary	Notes
Jaafar Jackson Nia Long	2026	$1,500,000	N/A	(est)
John Cusack	2026	$21,062,111	N/A	(est)
Chiwetel Ejiofor	2026	$12,965,250	N/A	(est)
Juliano Valdi Kei	2026	$750,000	N/A	(est)
Amanda Peet	2026	$9,761,510	N/A	(est)
Lyn Durrel Jones Laura	2026	$400,000	N/A	(est)
Harrier Jessica Sula Mike	2026	$250,000	N/A	(est)
Oliver Platt	2026	$7,981,048	N/A	(est)
Myers Miles Teller Colman	2026	$150,000	N/A	(est)
Thandiwe Newton	2026	$6,826,890	N/A	(est)
Danny Glover	2026	$6,008,914	N/A	(est)
Woody Harrelson	2026	$5,394,277	N/A	(est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross.	2026	$372,303,388	N/A
International International theatrical box office gross.	2026	$643,765,000	N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross.	2026	$1,016,068,388	N/A

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category	Year	Reported	Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$186,151,694 (est)	N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$16,753,654	N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$19,359,778	N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$186,152	N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $1,563,674, BluRay $2,159,360	2026	$3,723,034	N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$62,050,689 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$288,225,001	N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Wikipedia infoboxURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(2026_film)$155–200 million	2026	$155	N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A estimated from peer comps using release year, budget, genre, and theatrical performance. sourceSource: ScreenProfits comp P&A estimateEstimated from 12 peer comps using budget + domestic + worldwide. Peers: Pathaan \| Jawan \| Devara Part 1 \| Saiyaara \| Coolie	2026	$194 (est)	N/A (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$58,320,380 (est)	N/A (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$5,115,994 (est)	N/A (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model.	2026	$19 (est)	N/A (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view.	2026	$63,436,741	N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model.	2026	$224,788,260	$0

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