Michael Jackson Biopic "Michael" Grosses $314 Million Worldwide in Opening Weekend. "Michael" tells the story of Michael Jackson's life from his early davs as the teenage lead singer of the Jackson 5 in Gary, Indiana, through the intense pressure and abuse from his father Joe, all the way to his global superstardom with Off the Wall and Thriller and the explosive Bad tour era. ## The film follows young Michael pushed hard by Joe's strict discipline, then shows him gradually breaking free-hiring his own team, standing up to his father, and creating his own artistic identity- while recreating iconic moments like his Motown 25 moonwalk and the making of the "Thriller' video. By the end, the movie leaves audiences at the height of his fame in the late 1980s portraying him as a genius performer who triumphed over a troubled childhood and industry exploitation, while largely avoiding the later scandals of his life. Story By Donnell Ballard