Michael Breaks a Box Office Record

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Michael breaks up box office record.

Welcome to your IGN daily update.

But first, the success of Resident Evil Requiem means Capcom is raising its earnings forecast

for the year.

In a newly released financial statement, the Resident Evil publisher said that Requiem's

huge sales, which is now up to 7 million copies in climbing, had contributed to, quote,

net sales, operating profit, ordinary profit, and net profit, that all outperformed our

previously announced forecast.

Capcom also said it had seen unexpected growth in sales of older titles, which it also

contributed to its outsized sales performance.

The past year is notably seeing Capcom supporting Monster Hunter Wilds and Street Fighter

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The company now expects net sales of 195.3 billion yen, or around $1.2 billion US.

Up around 3% from its previous forecast for the 12 months ending March 31, 2026.

It also now expects net profit of $54.5 billion, or around $320 million US, up 6.9% from its

previous forecast.

Requiem has been breaking sales records for the franchise since its release, when it

shifted to stunning 5 million copies in just 5 days, making it the fastest selling Resident

Evil game in the whole franchise.

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Michael made a huge $217 million at the global box office, enough to secure the record

for the biggest opening weekend ever for a biopic.

It's ahead of the previous biopic record holder Oppenheimer, which debuted to $174 million

in 2023.

97 million came from North American theaters, while 120.4 million came internationally.

Michael is behind only the Super Mario Galaxy movie in terms of global box office debuts

this year.

According to a variety, Michael cost nearly $200 million to produce.

This includes reshoots for the third act, totaling around $15 million.

But based on this start, Michael will easily turn a profit during its theatrical run.

Michael's box office success comes despite accusations of whitewashing.

The movie ends in 1988 during the bad tour, and does not feature Michael Jackson's high

profile child abuse allegations.

Earlier this week, Coleman Domingo, who plays Michael Jackson's father, Joe, suggested

a sequel could deal with the allegations.

Michael launched a poor review scores from critics too, but a 4.8 out of 5 audience rating

on Rotten Tomatoes.

IGN's Michael review returned a 3 out of 10.

We said, Michael does the impossible.

It makes the king of pop boring.

Meanwhile, the Super Mario Galaxy movie added another $36.7 million internationally this

weekend after finally launching in Japan.

Nationally, the Nintendo movie is now on $445 million, which is just below the first

film at the same point.

Globally, it's now on $831.5 million, and looks set to eventually cross the $1 billion

mark.

Project Hal Mary is showing remarkable staying power at theaters, adding another $12.2 million

on its sixth weekend.

The extended box office came after Amazon announced a return to iMac's theaters for the Ryan

Gosling sci-fi movie.

Co-director Christopher Miller announced last week that Project Hal Mary won't hit streaming

platforms anytime soon.

Globally, it's on $613.3 million.

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