Michael Jackson's biopic Michael hits theaters today, and its accompanying soundtrack album is a fast bestseller in the U.K.

Michael Jackson places four albums on U.K. charts as Thriller, Number Ones, Bad, and The Essential all return or climb across multiple rankings.

The Lionsgate biopic is expected to be a box office hit, despite dismal reviews from critics and the long shadow of child sexual abuse allegations that has hung over Michael Jackson's legacy.

One of the many highlights is a profile of Michael Jackson that McEwen wrote for The Boston Phoenix in October 1977. It’s a fascinating glimpse of Jackson just a couple of years before Off the Wall turned him into a global superstar,

The Essential, Bad and Thriller — all appear on the U.K.'s Official Albums chart, making him one of the biggest acts this week.

"Can’t wait till some critics have to eat crow," Taj Jackson wrote on X, after 'Michael' received largely negative reviews from movie critics