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A biopic about Michael Jackon ("Michael") was announced recently with Michael's nephew Jaafar portraying him, and some sources say the movie is already breaking records.

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This artical states that Michael Jackson's unreleased biopic is already breaking records. After reading through the article the record the movie supposedly broke was the trailer racking up 116.2 million veiws in the first 24 hours, higher than any other biopic trailer. The analytics the article used to find this information is from WaveMetrix. I couldnt find the exact statistic from WaveMetrix, but I was able to find other articles from Billboard and Deadline stating the same thing. Both are known to be reletively credible. I also checked out the official biopic trailers on Youtube found that they all rack up to about 75 million veiws. While I couldn't find the exact information from WaveMetrix I decided to do research on the company itself and found its a generally reliable site for metric data information. Potential biases for this claim could be trying to build further hype around the release of the biopic or creating false news for website attention, but overall this claim seems to be true. There are multiple credible articles stating the same information about the Michael Jackson biopic's reach, and the source the site uses for its information is a trusted source.
 

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Nice work finding several sources to back up your fact-check. In the future, please include source links. Thanks!
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The claim that Michael Jackson's teaser for the biopic "Michael" broke records for the most viewed biopic trailer is true.

https://x.com/Quote31490249/status/1987203349985567040?t=jnqEvsw94f51y0XkhFUmwA&s=19 Claims that the trailer had even more views than the original 116 M views, but this is the breakdown of where the number cam from since there were many questions as to where the number was coming from.

Other recognized entertainment industry news outlets such as Billboard, IMDb and The Hollywood Reporter published and shared the same news, making the claim trustworthy and true.

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni65562906/

https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/michael-jackson-most-watched-music-biopic-trailer-1236109071/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-jackson-biopic-trailer-1236492642/
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This claim is TRUE. Micheal Jackson's biopic movie trailer has received 116.2 million views in 24 hours stated by, mensjournal.com. The film has yet to be released but is planned to be released April 2026. In that same article it’s given that, “WaveMetrix, this makes it the most-viewed music biopic trailer of all time and the largest trailer launch in Lionsgate history.” This evidence of the trailer being the most viewed music biopic trailer of all time can be seen across many different trusted sources. I couldn’t find exactly what WaveMetrix said but it’s generally a trustworthy source. I do think that there is a potential for bias because when I looked up the trailer on youtube posted on many different channels there wasn’t one trailer that has 116.2 million views so the claim saying that the trailer reached that many people probably did happen but it happened across multiple channels and multiple sites. Here are the same video of the trailer posted across different channels with substantial views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=723RZxnDWKE&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrktXOjOtps

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The claim that " the 2026 Michael Jackson biopic is already breaking records" is true. This film is set to be a huge success based on all the attention that the trailer is receiving. Within the first 24 hours of it being released, it was the most viewed trailer of a biopic or any Lionsgate production. This trailer even beat Taylor Swift's movie; it is set to do very well when it hits theaters.  

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https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/michael-jackson-most-watched-music-biopic-trailer-1236109071/

https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-movie-is-already-breaking-records
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