#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 2
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 51 to 100 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 51
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)Aug 15, 2014 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $135.8M Worldwide: $138.3M
Aug 15, 2014 · Korean · Adventure, Biography, War $138.3M worldwide - 52
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: $131.9M Worldwide: $137.1M - 53
Dec 11, 2015 US and Canada: $70.3M Rest of the world: $63.2M Worldwide: $133.4M - 54
Oct 8, 1997 US and Canada: $38M Rest of the world: $93.5M Worldwide: $131.5M - 55
Aug 7, 2009 US and Canada: $94.1M Rest of the world: $35.4M Worldwide: $129.5M - 56
Sep 30, 2006 US and Canada: $56.4M Rest of the world: $68.5M Worldwide: $124.9M - 57
Oct 29, 2004 US and Canada: $75.3M Rest of the world: $48.6M Worldwide: $124M - 58
Jan 15, 1988 US and Canada: $123.9M Rest of the world: $936 Worldwide: $123.9M - 59
Nov 7, 2014 US and Canada: $35.9M Rest of the world: $87.8M Worldwide: $123.7M - 60
Dec 11, 2009 US and Canada: $37.5M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $122.4M - 61
Dec 27, 2002 US and Canada: $32.6M Rest of the world: $87.5M Worldwide: $120.1M - 62
Dec 21, 2007 US and Canada: $66.7M Rest of the world: $52.8M Worldwide: $119.5M - 63
Dec 13, 2013 US and Canada: $83.3M Rest of the world: $34.6M Worldwide: $117.9M - 64
Nov 12, 2004 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: $65M Worldwide: $116.7M - 65
Nov 22, 1995 US and Canada: $42.5M Rest of the world: $73.6M Worldwide: $116.1M - 66
Dec 30, 2011 US and Canada: $30M Rest of the world: $85.9M Worldwide: $115.9M - 67
Nov 26, 2025 US and Canada: $24.2M Rest of the world: $85.3M Worldwide: $109.5M - 68
Jun 3, 2005 US and Canada: $61.6M Rest of the world: $46.9M Worldwide: $108.5M - 69
Oct 12, 2018 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $60.8M Worldwide: $105.7M - 70
Dec 25, 2015 US and Canada: $56.5M Rest of the world: $44.7M Worldwide: $101.1M - 71
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: $62.6M Rest of the world: $37.4M Worldwide: $100M - 72
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $45.1M Rest of the world: $53.6M Worldwide: $98.7M - 73
Apr 12, 2013 US and Canada: $95.1M Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $97.5M - 74
Nov 4, 2005 US and Canada: $62.7M Rest of the world: $34.4M Worldwide: $97.1M - 75
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $26.9M Rest of the world: $70M Worldwide: $97M - 76
Nov 23, 2018 US and Canada: $34.4M Rest of the world: $61.6M Worldwide: $95.9M - 77
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)Dec 11, 2015 US and Canada: $25M Rest of the world: $69.3M Worldwide: $94.3M
Dec 11, 2015 · English · Action, Adventure, Biography $94.3M worldwide - 78
Aug 10, 2018 US and Canada: $49.3M Rest of the world: $44.1M Worldwide: $93.4M - 79
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $86.7M Worldwide: $92.2M - 80
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $456.9K Rest of the world: $87.5M Worldwide: $88M - 81
Dec 25, 2001 US and Canada: $58.2M Rest of the world: $29.6M Worldwide: $87.8M - 82
Jun 8, 2007 US and Canada: $10.3M Rest of the world: $77.2M Worldwide: $87.5M - 83
Nov 21, 2018 US and Canada: $30.8M Rest of the world: $55.7M Worldwide: $86.5M - 84
Nov 9, 2011 US and Canada: $37.3M Rest of the world: $47.6M Worldwide: $84.9M - 85
Apr 6, 2001 US and Canada: $53M Rest of the world: $30.3M Worldwide: $83.3M - 86
Nov 10, 2000 US and Canada: $48.8M Rest of the world: $33.5M Worldwide: $82.3M - 87
Nov 6, 1998 US and Canada: $30.1M Rest of the world: $52.1M Worldwide: $82.2M - 88
Feb 29, 2008 US and Canada: $26.8M Rest of the world: $51.4M Worldwide: $78.2M - 89
Jun 29, 2018 US and Canada: $7.9M Rest of the world: $68.8M Worldwide: $76.7M - 90
Dec 25, 2018 US and Canada: $47.8M Rest of the world: $28.2M Worldwide: $76.1M - 91
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)Oct 12, 2007 US and Canada: $16.4M Rest of the world: $59.4M Worldwide: $75.8M Oct 12, 2007 · English · Biography, Drama, History $75.8M worldwide - 92
Dec 29, 1999 US and Canada: $50.7M Rest of the world: $23.3M Worldwide: $74M - 93
Aug 23, 2013 US and Canada: $6.6M Rest of the world: $67.3M Worldwide: $73.9M - 94
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: $56.6M Worldwide: $71.1M - 95
Apr 9, 1976 US and Canada: $70.6M Rest of the world: $1.2K Worldwide: $70.6M - 96
Sep 22, 2006 US and Canada: $24.6M Rest of the world: $43.4M Worldwide: $68.1M - 97
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)Nov 22, 2019 US and Canada: $61.7M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $67.9M Nov 22, 2019 · English · Biography, Drama $67.9M worldwide - 98
Dec 25, 2014 US and Canada: $52.1M Rest of the world: $15.7M Worldwide: $67.8M - 99
Jun 20, 2014 US and Canada: $47M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $67.6M - 100
Mar 7, 1980 US and Canada: $67.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $67.2M
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)