
The Michael Effect Is Real — Jackson’s Catalog Is Up 95% and the Industry Is Taking Notes
The numbers are in, and they are staggering. One weekend. One film. Nearly double the King of Pop’s streaming output. Lionsgate’s Michael — the long-anticipated biographical film starring Jaafar Jackson as his uncle — opened to $97 million domestically and $217.4 million globally on April 24–26, shattering every box office record in biopic history and immediately triggering one of the most dramatic catalog surges ever measured by Luminate, the music industry’s primary data and analytics firm. Streams of Jackson’s catalog















