A film about Michael Jackson should be box office poison, given the accusations of pedophilia that trailed him in his last decades. Yet the film’s strong opening weekend suggests that audiences are willing to separate the art from the artist. “Michael,” the King of Pop’s glossy biopic, was expeected to make north of $70 million stateside . It did so well that estimates are now as high as nearly $100 million in the U.S., and $200 million worldwide. Critics complain the film avoids the damning sexual abuse allegations that haunted Michael Jackson for much of his adult career. That’s true, but audiences are ready to bob their heads to “Billie Jean,” “Thriller” and more monster hits all the same. Jackson faced investigations and civil lawsuits for decades after he faced allegations that he shared his bed with children. He was acquitted in a closely-watched criminal trial in 2005. He reached settlements with some victims, though he denied all of the allegations of wrongdoing, as does his estate. Guilty? Innocent?…