#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 14
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 651 to 700 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 651
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $968.9K - 652
Apr 11, 2025 US and Canada: $394.2K Rest of the world: $574.4K Worldwide: $968.7K - 653
Aug 10, 2018 US and Canada: $14.5K Rest of the world: $944.4K Worldwide: $958.9K - 654
Jun 22, 2018 US and Canada: $725.2K Rest of the world: $228.7K Worldwide: $954K - 655
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)Apr 10, 2009 US and Canada: $667.9K Rest of the world: $283.5K Worldwide: $951.4K
Apr 10, 2009 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $951.4K worldwide - 656
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $378.3K Rest of the world: $566.1K Worldwide: $944.4K - 657
Jan 30, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $943.9K - 658
Dec 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $929.6K - 659
Seymour: An Introduction (2015)Mar 13, 2015 US and Canada: $743.5K Rest of the world: $164.2K Worldwide: $907.7K Mar 13, 2015 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $907.7K worldwide - 660
Aug 6, 2010 US and Canada: $898.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $898.1K - 661
May 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $858.3K - 662
May 2, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $854.7K - 663
Jun 3, 2022 US and Canada: $201.1K Rest of the world: $646.3K Worldwide: $847.4K - 664
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $642.2K Rest of the world: $202.6K Worldwide: $844.8K - 665
May 12, 2006 US and Canada: $439.3K Rest of the world: $405K Worldwide: $844.3K - 666
Dec 28, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $825.4K - 667
Jul 4, 2014 US and Canada: $810.5K Rest of the world: $5.2K Worldwide: $815.6K - 668
May 18, 2012 US and Canada: $809.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $809.6K - 669
Aug 23, 2019 US and Canada: $42.7K Rest of the world: $757.9K Worldwide: $800.7K - 670
Nov 14, 2014 US and Canada: $694.6K Rest of the world: $104.1K Worldwide: $798.7K - 671
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $498.4K Rest of the world: $298.4K Worldwide: $796.8K Nov 6, 2015 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $796.8K worldwide - 672
Sep 5, 2003 US and Canada: $742.9K Rest of the world: $39.7K Worldwide: $782.6K - 673
Sep 11, 1998 US and Canada: $777.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $777.4K - 674
Jan 30, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $772.3K - 675
Apr 14, 2023 US and Canada: $35.9K Rest of the world: $732.3K Worldwide: $768.3K - 676
May 8, 2009 US and Canada: $481.6K Rest of the world: $286K Worldwide: $767.6K - 677
Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $569.3K Rest of the world: $182K Worldwide: $751.3K - 678
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)Sep 30, 2005 US and Canada: $627.8K Rest of the world: $122.4K Worldwide: $750.2K Sep 30, 2005 · English · Biography, Drama $750.2K worldwide - 679
Joan Baez I Am A Noise (2023)Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: $648.3K Rest of the world: $92.8K Worldwide: $741.1K Oct 6, 2023 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $741.1K worldwide - 680
Oct 9, 2026 US and Canada: $51.4K Rest of the world: $676.2K Worldwide: $727.6K - 681
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2016)Aug 19, 2016 US and Canada: $572.2K Rest of the world: $152.7K Worldwide: $724.9K
Aug 19, 2016 · Hebrew · Biography, Drama, History $724.9K worldwide - 682
First They Killed My Father (2017)Sep 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $720.4K
Sep 15, 2017 · Khmer · Biography, Drama, History $720.4K worldwide - 683
Dec 3, 2021 US and Canada: $339.8K Rest of the world: $371.9K Worldwide: $711.7K - 684
Sep 27, 2013 US and Canada: $696.2K Rest of the world: $13.2K Worldwide: $709.4K - 685
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $706.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $706.5K - 686
Oct 21, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $706.5K - 687
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: $705K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $705K - 688
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $697.8K - 689
Oct 6, 2006 US and Canada: $241.8K Rest of the world: $455.2K Worldwide: $697K - 690
Oct 9, 2026 US and Canada: $696.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $696.3K - 691
Apr 4, 2025 US and Canada: $43.1K Rest of the world: $652K Worldwide: $695.1K - 692
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)Apr 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $686.4K Apr 24, 2015 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $686.4K worldwide - 693
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: $641K Rest of the world: $39.6K Worldwide: $680.6K - 694
Oct 16, 2013 US and Canada: $35.3K Rest of the world: $625.1K Worldwide: $660.4K - 695
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2026)Jan 23, 2026 US and Canada: $658.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $658.8K Jan 23, 2026 · English · Documentary, Biography, Drama $658.8K worldwide - 696
May 24, 2024 US and Canada: $657.7K Rest of the world: $57 Worldwide: $657.7K - 697
Mar 7, 2025 US and Canada: $657.7K Rest of the world: $57 Worldwide: $657.7K - 698
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $434.7K Rest of the world: $220.5K Worldwide: $655.2K - 699
Oct 6, 2004 US and Canada: $592K Rest of the world: $46.5K Worldwide: $638.5K - 700
Luther: Never Too Much (2024)Nov 1, 2024 US and Canada: $390K Rest of the world: $247.4K Worldwide: $637.4K Nov 1, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $637.4K worldwide
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)