Overview
- The film has earned about $788 million worldwide after another $28.5 million international weekend, with roughly $468 million from overseas and $319 million from North America.
- Producers altered the movie late in post‑production after estate lawyers found a 1994 settlement that bars depicting Jordan Chandler, funding reshoots and ending the film before later abuse allegations.
- Lionsgate says roughly 25–30% of a second film may already exist from earlier shoots and the studio is actively developing a sequel.
- New civil suits, including claims from members of the Cascio family, continue to press legal and ethical questions about the film’s omission of later allegations.
- The movie's strong box office and a surge in Jackson streaming have given Lionsgate an unusually large hit—the film also pushed Lionsgate past $300 million domestically for the first time in years—and Japan’s opening is now the key factor in whether it tops the $911 million musical‑biopic record.