'Michael' Makes $11M+ Tuesday, 4th Best In April
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Lionsgate’s film Michael earned $11.1 million on Tuesday, marking the fourth-best Tuesday for a live-action movie in April, behind Avengers: Endgame, Furious 7, and the Minecraft Movie.
- Michael ranks sixth among all April Tuesdays, with The Super Mario Bros Movie and Super Mario Galaxy Movie holding higher Tuesday grosses in recent years.
- The film's cumulative domestic gross has reached $116 million and is expected to surpass Lionsgate’s The Housemaid ($126.4M) by Friday and potentially The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and John Wick: Chapter 4 by Sunday, becoming the studio’s highest-grossing post-Covid release.
- Second weekend estimates for Michael are projected between $45 million and $50 million, maintaining around a 50% hold despite competition from Disney’s The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is forecasted to open with $73 million to $80 million.
- The Devil Wears Prada 2, directed by David Frankel, has received strong critical reception with a 76% certified fresh rating, comparable to the original 2006 film, which was a major box office success.
