FRIDAY MIDDAY: The first numbers for Lionsgate ‘s Michael are in and it’s shaping up to be a $35M-$40M Friday, which includes those $12.6M previews. The Friday through Sunday range is $85M-$95M , and there’s a path to higher, it just boils down whether this is fan-frontloaded. “Something special is happening, people are dancing in the theaters,” says one source close to the film. Easily that start is the best for Lionsgate post Covid besting John Wick: Chapter 4 ($73.8M), and of course that completes the record opening for a musical biopic previously held by Universal’s Straight Outta Compton ($60.2M). Looking back at 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody, also produced by Michael producer Graham King (who clearly knows how to dramatize and navigate complex performers’ stories for the big screen, working feasibly with their estates), that pic posted a Friday/previews figure of $18.8M and then stayed even in its Saturday with $18.8M for a $51M North American debut.…