moonwalker, also known as michael jackson: moonwalker, is an american-british-canadian movie. it was released in 1988 in theatres in europe and south america. the movie is a collection of eight short films about michael jackson. it is 93 minutes long. it made us$67,000,000 at box offices. on january 10, 1989, it was released on video on the united states and canada. the video had sold more than 800,000 copies in the u.s. by april 17, 1989. the movie is named after a dance move that jackson did called the moonwalk. john lennon's son sean is in the movie. jackson executive produced "moonwalker".