Michael ‘moonwalks’ past expectations, smashes box office records with $217 million debut in opening weekend

Antoine Fuqua's Michael Jackson biopic has delivered the biggest opening weekend in music biopic history, pulling in $97 million domestically and $217 million globally — far surpassing Bohemian Rhapsody, Elvis, and Straight Outta Compton — as audiences worldwide turned out in force to celebrate the King of Pop.