It has been only a little more than a year and a half since Michael Jackson’s untimely death back in late June of 2009 but since his estate has made more money in a year and half than most pop starts earn in a decade. So far, posthumously Michael Jackson’s estate has earned more than $310 million. In addition to his posthumous studio album Michael going platinum in more than 8 countries around the world, his documentary-concert film Michael Jackson’s This Is It! chronicling his comeback tour of the same name grossed a total of more than $261 million at the box office and the DVD & Blueray discs of the movie have only been on shelves for about a month. This is exceptionally good news seeing as how at the time of Michael’s death, his mother, Katherine, was somewhere in the vaccinity of $400 million in debt. Now I’m not really sure how someone gets to be $400 million in debt when your son is Michael Jackson, daughter is Janet Jackson and 4 of your other 9 children (with Michael as the 5th) were one of the most popular musical groups in the 1970s. But apparently, it can be done. There is no doubt that Michael’s estate will only continue to grow as time passes since Michael will never be forgotten.
