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@anishmoonka This is why the powers that be said “he’s better off dead” smh rip Mike

When Michael Jackson died in 2009, his estate owed creditors over $500 million and was on the verge of forced liquidation. It's now worth more than $2 billion. The new MJ biopic just made $217 million in three days, the biggest biopic opening ever. Two years ago, Sony Music quietly paid around $600 million for half of Michael Jackson's catalog: Beat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, all of it. The full catalog got valued at $1.2 to $1.5 billion, the highest price ever paid for one artist's music. Sony bet this catalog would keep earning forever and that a hit movie would push it higher. Before MICHAEL opened, the Jackson estate was already pulling in around $75 million a year from streams and royalties. Bohemian Rhapsody, the 2018 Queen biopic, kept their songs charting for years afterward. Same producer, Graham King. Lionsgate spent $200 million making the movie. The original budget was $155 million. The number ballooned because the estate's lawyers had forgotten about a clause in an old legal settlement that barred them from showing the accuser onscreen, so the entire ending had to be reshot. The estate paid $10 to 15 million for the new scenes. Director Antoine Fuqua walked away with $25 million in pay (a $10 million base plus a $15 million bonus for the trouble). Producer Graham King got $16 million ($6 million plus a $10 million bonus). Critics hated it. The film sits at 38 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and one review called it an "infomercial." Audiences disagreed completely and gave it a 97 percent score on the same site, the highest audience score ever for a music biopic. About 6.3 million people in the US and Canada bought tickets at an average price of $15. Lionsgate's internal target is $700 million worldwide. Bohemian Rhapsody, the high water mark for music biopics, finished its run at $910 million. If MICHAEL hits that target, the Jackson estate gets years of extra income from a catalog that already brings in $47 million a year from records and song royalties. Sony, which now owns half, gets the same lift on the bet it placed two years ago. The film ends with a card that reads "His Story Continues." Lionsgate is already prepping the sequel.

@TYRISPRINT Let me find yo ass it’s ova wit!

the girl that assaulted ice spice tells her version of “what happened”

You need someone like myself to protect you shorty @icespice I got you boo

We never dated if yo new nigga white.

I highly recommend you find yourself a clingy (healthy) lovey dovey partner who's super excited about you. Life is too short to spend it with someone who act like showing love is a chore.

Ditch 2 hours of Netflix today… watch this instead. I promise you won’t regret it.

This video needs to be archived. Maze truly delivered one of the greatest monologues of the 21st century. 😭

This is crazy RIP Bri

@Power1051 He should really never do another interview again. We don’t wanna hear it.

Daniel Caesar says all the monogamous people he knows are white and questions if the nuclear family structure is natural 👀⁣ ⁣ The R&B star sparked heated debate about faithfulness, vows and male responsibility

Run ya race.

On My Way • Suga Free [1997]

I can’t believe Ice Cube came back after this happened last year 🤣🤣

Dodgers after beating the Blue Jays in the World Series

Dr. Dre's Billionaire Vacation "We on our own private jet. ... That sh*t was like Coming To America." - Warren G

Realest shit I’ve heard all year

@heyjaeeeeee Congrats !

Everything makes sense now

Damn yall I was hacked for 2 months!

Link to the video: youtu.be/iMBClhu-F9E?si…