>The weekend of April 23-26 closed with €7,866,319 (994,823 admissions), the ninth weekend of the year, with a sharp increase of 57% compared to the weekend of April 24-27, 2025, and 55% compared to last weekend. The driving force was Michael , which literally dominated the box office, outpacing films in production and other new releases, which, however, lacked any particular commercial ambitions. Furthermore, starting April 29, another announced storm arrives: The Devil Wears Prada 2, which will further bolster the numbers for the month and the season.
>Monthly Update – In April, the box office was €38,593,502, up 29% from 2025 and 51% from 2024. Attendance was 5,166,847, up 23% from 2025 and 40% from 2024.
>Annual update – As of April 26, 2026 has generated €204,413,142, up 16% from 2025 and 27% from 2024. Attendance is 27,327,349, up 10% from 2025 and 19% from 2024.
>As mentioned, this weekend was Michael's . The biopic on the most iconic pop star of all time opened with €5,311,687 and an average of €8,172 in 650 theaters.
>The five-day total is a whopping €6,416,101. Compared to Thursday's box office, it has increased by 7.5 ; compared to its opening day, it has increased by 5.8 (a nice improvement after a flying start). Michael had a strong opening (second-best opening weekend of the year behind Super Mario Galaxy with €6.4 million) and, in these first few days, it is competing with Bohemian Rhapsody , which, released on November 29, 2018, grossed €5,507,422 in its opening weekend.
>Now we'll see how the film develops; If it can also win over the under-30 crowd, it could bring great satisfaction to the market. It has already surpassed biopics such as Elvis with €3,272,600 and A Complete Unknown with €4,161,851.
by AGOTFAN