#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 23
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 1,101 to 1,149 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 1101
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)Sep 26, 2008 US and Canada: $5.6K Rest of the world: $1.7K Worldwide: $7.3K
Sep 26, 2008 · English · Biography, Drama $7.3K worldwide - 1102
Oct 10, 2014 US and Canada: $7.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.2K - 1103
Nov 21, 2025 US and Canada: $7.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.1K - 1104
May 30, 2014 US and Canada: $6.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.7K - 1105
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys (2014) Jan 24, 2014 · Biography, Western, Documentary $6.6K worldwideJan 24, 2014 US and Canada: $6.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.6K - 1106
Mar 30, 2012 US and Canada: $6.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.5K - 1107
Feb 19, 2010 US and Canada: $6.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.2K - 1108
Mar 30, 2016 US and Canada: $6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6K - 1109
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K - 1110
Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K - 1111
Feb 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3K - 1112
May 17, 2013 US and Canada: $5.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.1K - 1113
Oct 11, 1981 US and Canada: $5.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.1K - 1114
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes (2024)May 31, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5K May 31, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography $5K worldwide - 1115
Nov 8, 1935 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9K - 1116
May 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.7K - 1117
Jun 12, 2015 US and Canada: $4.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.3K - 1118
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $4.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.2K - 1119
Jul 28, 1962 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1K - 1120
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (2012)Dec 14, 2012 US and Canada: $1.3K Rest of the world: $2.8K Worldwide: $4.1K Dec 14, 2012 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $4.1K worldwide - 1121
May 5, 2000 US and Canada: $3.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.6K - 1122
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3K - 1123
Mar 6, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2K - 1124
Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show (2014)Oct 31, 2014 US and Canada: $3.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.1K Oct 31, 2014 · English · Biography, Documentary $3.1K worldwide - 1125
The Weird World of Blowfly (2011)Sep 16, 2011 US and Canada: $3.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.1K Sep 16, 2011 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $3.1K worldwide - 1126
Jun 6, 1942 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K - 1127
The Rose: Come Back to Me (2026)Feb 14, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8K Feb 14, 2026 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $2.8K worldwide - 1128
Jun 15, 2018 US and Canada: $2.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.7K - 1129
Aug 13, 1967 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6K - 1130
Feb 7, 2020 US and Canada: $2.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.3K - 1131
Jul 16, 1971 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3K - 1132
Apr 8, 2016 US and Canada: $2.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2K - 1133
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2K - 1134
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (2016)Dec 9, 2016 US and Canada: $1.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9K Dec 9, 2016 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $1.9K worldwide - 1135
The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid (2015)Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7K Feb 6, 2015 · English · Biography, History, Documentary $1.7K worldwide - 1136
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 1137
Elton John: Never Too Late (2024)Nov 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K Nov 15, 2024 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $1.4K worldwide - 1138
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012)Jul 27, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K Jul 27, 2012 · English · Biography, Drama, Documentary $1.2K worldwide - 1139
Dec 12, 1966 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $756 - 1140
Jan 15, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $693 - 1141
Feb 9, 2007 US and Canada: $577 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $577 - 1142
Sep 26, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $549 - 1143
Sep 17, 1956 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $426 - 1144
Nov 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $357 - 1145
Aug 7, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205 - 1146
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202 - 1147
Oct 16, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $165 - 1148
Jan 28, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131 - 1149
Aug 12, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114
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)