#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 19
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 901 to 950 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 901
Dec 12, 2014 US and Canada: $32.2K Rest of the world: $83.1K Worldwide: $115.3K - 902
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.5K - 903
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.1K - 904
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.1K - 905
Nov 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.8K - 906
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: $112.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $112.4K - 907
Aug 1, 2014 US and Canada: $111.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $111.4K - 908
Oct 23, 2023 US and Canada: $11.7K Rest of the world: $98.5K Worldwide: $110.2K - 909
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025)Jun 20, 2025 US and Canada: $106.1K Rest of the world: $3.2K Worldwide: $109.3K
Jun 20, 2025 · English · Documentary, Biography $109.3K worldwide - 910
Jun 27, 2008 US and Canada: $109.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $109.1K - 911
Sep 3, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106.6K - 912
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)Nov 26, 2004 US and Canada: $105.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $105.1K Nov 26, 2004 · English · Biography, History, Crime $105.1K worldwide - 913
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2026)Feb 19, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $103.7K Feb 19, 2026 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $103.7K worldwide - 914
Dec 8, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $103.4K - 915
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $103K - 916
Dec 25, 1951 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $101.5K - 917
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $100.6K - 918
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2013)May 8, 2013 US and Canada: $100.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $100.4K May 8, 2013 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $100.4K worldwide - 919
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $100.3K - 920
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $100.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $100.2K - 921
May 10, 2019 US and Canada: $40.7K Rest of the world: $57.6K Worldwide: $98.2K - 922
Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: $49.7K Rest of the world: $47.5K Worldwide: $97.2K - 923
May 22, 2015 US and Canada: $88.1K Rest of the world: $8.6K Worldwide: $96.7K - 924
Jun 4, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96.2K - 925
Oct 28, 2011 US and Canada: $92.8K Rest of the world: $3.3K Worldwide: $96.1K - 926
Mar 19, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.6K - 927
Sep 12, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.2K - 928
Feb 5, 2016 US and Canada: $34.3K Rest of the world: $57.6K Worldwide: $91.9K - 929
Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: $91K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $91K - 930
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2020)Aug 26, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.7K Aug 26, 2020 · English · Biography, Comedy, Documentary $90.7K worldwide - 931
Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)Sep 9, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90.5K Sep 9, 2011 · English · Biography, Sport, Documentary $90.5K worldwide - 932
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $4K Rest of the world: $85.8K Worldwide: $89.8K - 933
Oct 16, 2015 US and Canada: $85.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $85.8K - 934
Aug 1, 2018 US and Canada: $73.3K Rest of the world: $10.3K Worldwide: $83.6K - 935
Jan 31, 2014 US and Canada: $82.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $82.6K - 936
Jun 11, 2014 US and Canada: $16.7K Rest of the world: $64.2K Worldwide: $80.9K - 937
Jun 29, 2018 US and Canada: $57.5K Rest of the world: $23.4K Worldwide: $80.9K - 938
Jul 12, 2019 US and Canada: $19.7K Rest of the world: $60.4K Worldwide: $80.2K - 939
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $80.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $80.1K - 940
Mar 23, 2007 US and Canada: $71.5K Rest of the world: $8.3K Worldwide: $79.8K - 941
Apr 30, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.8K - 942
Aug 18, 2000 US and Canada: $76.4K Rest of the world: $2.7K Worldwide: $79.1K - 943
Mar 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $78.2K - 944
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2026) Feb 20, 2026 · Documentary, Biography, Music $77.8K worldwideFeb 20, 2026 US and Canada: $77.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $77.8K - 945
Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2016)Jul 13, 2016 US and Canada: $76.1K Rest of the world: $407 Worldwide: $76.5K Jul 13, 2016 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $76.5K worldwide - 946
Oct 11, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.9K - 947
Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)Jun 27, 2014 US and Canada: $75.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $75.9K Jun 27, 2014 · English · Biography, Crime, Documentary $75.9K worldwide - 948
Jun 26, 2015 US and Canada: $74.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $74.7K - 949
Feb 4, 2005 US and Canada: $74.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $74.6K - 950
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco (2018)Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $43.2K Rest of the world: $30K Worldwide: $73.1K Sep 14, 2018 · English · Biography, Documentary $73.1K 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)