A comedy musical biopic breaking records, “C’est un dîmarrage qui bat tous les records pour une comédie musicale biographique”, says David A. Gross, analyst for Franchise Entertainment Research. However, most critics find the film superficial and neglecting the artist’s complex aspects. Referring to the criminal allegations against the pop star, the production hinted at a second installment in the works.
After leading the charts for weeks, “Super Mario Galaxy, le film”, based on Nintendo’s popular video game, dropped to second place, earning $21.2 million.
On the same subject, “Michael Jackson: d’enfant prodige à icône planétaire”, a biopic of the King of Pop, is now showing in theaters. It’s a chance to relive the career of a figure who reshaped popular culture.
“Projet dernière chance” snags third place with $13.2 million in revenue. This Amazon MGM Studios film stars Ryan Gosling as a professor turned astronaut awakening on a spacecraft to save Earth from the Sun’s extinction threat.
In fourth place is the horror film “Le réveil de la momie”, about a girl possessed by a demon, with $5.6 million in revenue.
Closing the top 5 is the couple played by Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in “The Drama”, with $2.6 million in revenue.
The rest of the top 10 includes: – “Jumpers” ($1.9 million) – “Toi, moi et la Toscane” ($1.5 million) – “Over Your Dead Body” ($1.4 million) – “Plus fort que moi” ($640,000)
