Lanre Bakare

Him and Jackson had a rocky relationship, but John Branca came back into the picture around This Is It, the Jackson documentary released shortly after Jackson's

his death, showing Jackson.

Yeah, this was the concert film.

So he was scheduled to do this run of, I believe, 50 shows at the O2 in London.

And that was going to be his big return to the stage.

This is it.

I mean, this is really it.

This is the final, this is the final curtain call.

He died two weeks before those concerts were scheduled to start.

But This Is It was shepherded by John Branca into a very timely release in cinemas for a public that is still grieving Jackson and Jackson.

Very much taking the opportunity of some goodwill towards Jackson at that time.

Man in the Mirror had shot back to number two on the UK charts following his death.

This is it went on to gross over $200 million at the worldwide box offices.

And it's actually the biggest grossing documentary of all time.

Thanks for having me.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Yeah, I was thinking about this earlier.

It's hard to explain it.

I think if I was talking to a, I don't know, a 10-year-old or a 13-year-old today, trying to explain how big Michael Jackson is, it's like take someone like Taylor Swift, take Beyonce, put them together, times them by like 10, and you're still absolutely nowhere near what Michael Jackson was at his peak.

Which if we're taking his peak to be like late 80s going into the 90s, like he dominated the 80s.