#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 12
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 551 to 600 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 551
Jan 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 552
Aug 21, 1992 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.3M - 553
Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: $20K Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $2.3M - 554
Oct 9, 2009 US and Canada: $105K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.3M - 555
Feb 2, 2024 US and Canada: $257.7K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.2M - 556
Nov 13, 2015 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2M - 557
Jul 1, 2009 US and Canada: $239.7K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.2M - 558
Feb 29, 2008 US and Canada: $4.3K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.2M - 559
Nov 2, 1990 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2M - 560
Dec 1, 1995 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2M - 561
Sep 30, 1988 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $10.6K Worldwide: $2.2M - 562
Oct 25, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 563
May 1, 1998 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2M - 564
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia (2024)Jan 5, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M
Jan 5, 2024 · English · Biography, Drama, Sport $2.2M worldwide - 565
Nov 23, 1994 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 566
Dec 7, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 567
May 25, 2018 US and Canada: $108.9K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.1M - 568
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 569
Nov 9, 1990 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 570
Jan 22, 2010 US and Canada: $341.3K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $2.1M - 571
Mar 17, 2000 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 572
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $571.1K Worldwide: $2M - 573
May 9, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 574
Apr 10, 1981 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M - 575
Sep 20, 1996 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M - 576
Mar 16, 2011 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $498K Worldwide: $2M - 577
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M - 578
Aug 3, 2007 US and Canada: $243K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $2M - 579
Feb 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 580
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (2017)Jun 30, 2017 US and Canada: $128K Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $1.9M
Jun 30, 2017 · French · Biography, Drama, Romance $1.9M worldwide - 581
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $197.8K Worldwide: $1.9M - 582
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 583
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 584
Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017)Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $314.9K Worldwide: $1.9M Oct 13, 2017 · English · Biography, Drama $1.9M worldwide - 585
Oct 16, 2013 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $847.9K Worldwide: $1.9M - 586
May 1, 1996 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9M - 587
Oct 19, 1960 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $24.8K Worldwide: $1.9M - 588
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $381.6K Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $1.8M - 589
Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $362.9K Worldwide: $1.8M - 590
Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $121.2K Worldwide: $1.8M - 591
Aug 2, 2024 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.8M - 592
Jul 23, 2021 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $330.8K Worldwide: $1.7M - 593
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)Sep 21, 2012 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $703.9K Worldwide: $1.7M Sep 21, 2012 · English · Biography, Documentary $1.7M worldwide - 594
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $25.4K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $1.7M - 595
Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)Nov 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M Nov 18, 2022 · English · Biography, Drama, Sport $1.7M worldwide - 596
Mar 6, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 597
Nov 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 598
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)Nov 27, 2015 US and Canada: $410.5K Rest of the world: $1.3M Worldwide: $1.7M Nov 27, 2015 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $1.7M worldwide - 599
Mar 23, 2018 US and Canada: $462K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.7M - 600
May 8, 1987 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $18.2K Worldwide: $1.7M
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)