#1 of 1,149 Highest-grossing biography movie ever
2026 · Biography, Drama
$1B worldwide
$372.3M US & Canada · 36% $656.4M elsewhere · 64%
Biography box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Biography Movies of All Time, Page 10
Michael (2026) is the highest-grossing biography movie in our database, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Oppenheimer (2023) at $975.8M and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) at $910.8M. 1,149 biography films in our database report a worldwide gross, $28.5B in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 70 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $23.6B across 914 biography releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,149
- combined worldwide
- $28.5B
- films crossed $100M
- 70
- earned in the US & Canada
- 48%
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All 1,149 Biography Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 451 to 500 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 451
Oct 3, 2014 US and Canada: $113.1K Rest of the world: $5M Worldwide: $5.1M - 452
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $5.1M - 453
Aug 15, 2014 US and Canada: $45K Rest of the world: $5M Worldwide: $5.1M - 454
Oct 30, 1992 US and Canada: $4.9M Rest of the world: $113.9K Worldwide: $5M - 455
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: $4.7M Rest of the world: $265.6K Worldwide: $5M - 456
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 457
Dec 30, 1998 US and Canada: $4.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.9M - 458
Feb 23, 2018 US and Canada: $125.7K Rest of the world: $4.7M Worldwide: $4.9M - 459
Oct 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.8M - 460
The Other Side of Heaven (2002)Apr 12, 2002 US and Canada: $4.7M Rest of the world: $39.6K Worldwide: $4.8M
Apr 12, 2002 · English · Adventure, Biography, Drama $4.8M worldwide - 461
Nov 27, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7M - 462
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $4.6M - 463
Jul 6, 2018 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $4.6M - 464
May 3, 2013 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $2.6M Worldwide: $4.6M - 465
Nov 30, 2018 US and Canada: $29.5K Rest of the world: $4.5M Worldwide: $4.5M - 466
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $257.6K Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $4.5M - 467
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)Dec 29, 2004 US and Canada: $708.8K Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $4.4M Dec 29, 2004 · English · Biography, Drama, History $4.4M worldwide - 468
Jun 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4M - 469
Aug 9, 2019 US and Canada: $4.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.4M - 470
May 6, 2011 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $4.4M - 471
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $768.9K Rest of the world: $3.6M Worldwide: $4.4M Sep 29, 2017 · English · Biography, Drama, History $4.4M worldwide - 472
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $4.3M - 473
Mar 13, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3M - 474
Dec 3, 2021 US and Canada: $354.5K Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $4.3M - 475
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)Jul 13, 2018 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $4.2M Jul 13, 2018 · English · Biography, Drama, Comedy $4.2M worldwide - 476
Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $4.2M - 477
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: $615.1K Worldwide: $4.2M - 478
Apr 9, 1993 US and Canada: $4.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.1M - 479
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: $449.9K Rest of the world: $3.6M Worldwide: $4.1M - 480
May 30, 2003 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: $957.9K Worldwide: $4.1M - 481
Aug 12, 2005 US and Canada: $3.2M Rest of the world: $886.6K Worldwide: $4.1M - 482
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)Dec 29, 2017 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $3M Worldwide: $4M Dec 29, 2017 · English · Biography, Drama, Romance $4M worldwide - 483
Feb 2, 1996 US and Canada: $4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4M - 484
Dec 25, 2013 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $4M - 485
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $37.9K Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $4M - 486
Nov 2, 2018 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $3.9M - 487
Dec 16, 2016 US and Canada: $939.1K Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $3.9M - 488
Jan 5, 2018 US and Canada: $56.6K Rest of the world: $3.8M Worldwide: $3.9M - 489
Jan 9, 2026 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $3.8M - 490
Apr 20, 2012 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $3.8M - 491
Aug 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7M - 492
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $3.6M - 493
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $3.6M - 494
Oct 20, 1989 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.6M - 495
Jul 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 496
Dec 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.5M - 497
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $863.1K Worldwide: $3.5M - 498
Apr 13, 2018 US and Canada: $231.3K Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $3.4M - 499
Jun 26, 2026 US and Canada: $152.9K Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $3.4M - 500
Jul 11, 2018 US and Canada: $200.1K Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $3.4M
Archive
Biography Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1929 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $2.3B, led by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
2020s 7 years · $4.7B
2010s 10 years · $13.3B
- 2019 $1.3B #1 Ford v Ferrari (2019)
- 2018 $2.3B #1 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- 2017 $1.6B #1 The Greatest Showman (2017)
- 2016 $1.6B #1 Dangal (2016)
- 2015 $1.6B #1 Everest (2015)
- 2014 $1.7B #1 American Sniper (2014)
- 2013 $2.1B #1 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- 2012 $511.3M #1 Lincoln (2012)
- 2011 $319.8M #1 The Iron Lady (2011)
- 2010 $341.2M #1 The Social Network (2010)
2000s 10 years · $5.9B
- 2009 $1B #1 The Blind Side (2009)
- 2008 $330.9M #1 The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
- 2007 $638.4M #1 Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- 2006 $775.2M #1 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- 2005 $671M #1 Walk the Line (2005)
- 2004 $683.8M #1 The Aviator (2004)
- 2003 $165.3M #1 Monster (2003)
- 2002 $674.3M #1 Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- 2001 $541.6M #1 A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- 2000 $385.6M #1 Erin Brockovich (2000)
1990s 10 years · $2.7B
- 1999 $347.4M #1 The Hurricane (1999)
- 1998 $301.1M #1 Patch Adams (1998)
- 1997 $214.7M #1 Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- 1996 $219.4M #1 Evita (1996)
- 1995 $385.1M #1 Braveheart (1995)
- 1994 $52.6M #1 Wyatt Earp (1994)
- 1993 $652.9M #1 Schindler's List (1993)
- 1992 $106.3M #1 Malcolm X (1992)
- 1991 $291.7M #1 JFK (1991)
- 1990 $102.9M #1 Goodfellas (1990)
1980s 10 years · $1.2B
- 1989 $212.2M #1 Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- 1988 $172.8M #1 Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)
- 1987 $105.8M #1 La Bamba (1987)
- 1986 $3.5M #1 Sid and Nancy (1986)
- 1985 $254.3M #1 Out of Africa (1985)
- 1984 $2.9M #1 Phar Lap (1984)
- 1983 $129.6M #1 Gandhi (1983)
- 1982 $73.3M #1 Chariots of Fire (1982)
- 1981 $61.5M #1 Reds (1981)
- 1980 $135.5M #1 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)