#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 3
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 101 to 150 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)Nov 12, 1999 US and Canada: $14.3M Rest of the world: $52.7M Worldwide: $67M
Nov 12, 1999 · English · Biography, Drama, History $67M worldwide - 102
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $22.2M Rest of the world: $44.3M Worldwide: $66.6M - 103
Dec 29, 1993 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $40.7M Worldwide: $65.8M - 104
Nov 27, 2015 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: $53.1M Worldwide: $64.2M - 105
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)May 7, 1993 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $28.4M Worldwide: $63.5M May 7, 1993 · English · Action, Biography, Drama $63.5M worldwide - 106
Feb 18, 1970 US and Canada: $61.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $61.7M - 107
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $29.6M Worldwide: $61.4M - 108
Sep 30, 2015 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: $51M Worldwide: $61.2M - 109
Oct 20, 2006 US and Canada: $16M Rest of the world: $45M Worldwide: $60.9M - 110
Nov 5, 2010 US and Canada: $18.3M Rest of the world: $42.4M Worldwide: $60.7M - 111
Nov 5, 1999 US and Canada: $29.1M Rest of the world: $31.2M Worldwide: $60.3M - 112
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022)Dec 23, 2022 US and Canada: $23.7M Rest of the world: $36.1M Worldwide: $59.8M Dec 23, 2022 · English · Biography, Drama, Music $59.8M worldwide - 113
Apr 9, 1982 US and Canada: $59M Rest of the world: $344.5K Worldwide: $59.3M - 114
Dec 25, 2017 US and Canada: $28.8M Rest of the world: $30.5M Worldwide: $59.3M - 115
Aug 25, 2006 US and Canada: $57.8M Rest of the world: $673.9K Worldwide: $58.5M - 116
Dec 24, 2003 US and Canada: $34.5M Rest of the world: $24M Worldwide: $58.5M - 117
Dec 25, 2025 US and Canada: $39.2M Rest of the world: $18.7M Worldwide: $57.9M - 118
Jun 12, 1963 US and Canada: $57.8M Rest of the world: $1.5K Worldwide: $57.8M - 119
Sep 24, 2004 US and Canada: $16.8M Rest of the world: $40.9M Worldwide: $57.7M - 120
Apr 2, 2004 US and Canada: $46.4M Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $57.2M - 121
Feb 9, 2018 US and Canada: $36.3M Rest of the world: $20.9M Worldwide: $57.2M - 122
Dec 25, 2017 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $31.9M Worldwide: $57M - 123
Oct 16, 2026 US and Canada: $56.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $56.9M - 124
Sep 21, 2007 US and Canada: $18.4M Rest of the world: $38.3M Worldwide: $56.7M - 125
Mar 15, 2024 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $51M Worldwide: $56.7M - 126
Dec 25, 1993 US and Canada: $56.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $56.5M - 127
Oct 25, 2002 US and Canada: $25.9M Rest of the world: $30.4M Worldwide: $56.3M - 128
The Last King of Scotland (2006)Sep 27, 2006 US and Canada: $17.6M Rest of the world: $38.2M Worldwide: $55.8M Sep 27, 2006 · English · Biography, Drama, History $55.8M worldwide - 129
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $10.7M Worldwide: $55.7M - 130
Dec 25, 2023 US and Canada: $52.6M Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $55.5M - 131
Nov 1, 2013 US and Canada: $27.3M Rest of the world: $27.9M Worldwide: $55.2M - 132
Nov 26, 2008 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $22.8M Worldwide: $54.7M - 133
Jul 24, 1987 US and Canada: $54.2M Rest of the world: $3.2K Worldwide: $54.2M - 134
Dec 8, 2017 US and Canada: $30M Rest of the world: $23.9M Worldwide: $53.9M - 135
Dec 16, 1973 US and Canada: $53.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $53.3M - 136
Feb 25, 1983 US and Canada: $52.8M Rest of the world: $530 Worldwide: $52.8M - 137
Sep 25, 2026 US and Canada: $46.7M Rest of the world: $6M Worldwide: $52.7M - 138
Dec 3, 2014 US and Canada: $37.9M Rest of the world: $14.6M Worldwide: $52.5M - 139
Sep 19, 1968 US and Canada: $52.2M Rest of the world: $2.5K Worldwide: $52.2M - 140
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: $27.6M Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $52.1M - 141
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $44.8M Worldwide: $51M - 142
Dec 25, 2019 US and Canada: $36M Rest of the world: $14.9M Worldwide: $50.9M - 143
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: $6.1M Rest of the world: $44.7M Worldwide: $50.8M - 144
Apr 17, 2019 US and Canada: $40.7M Rest of the world: $9.7M Worldwide: $50.4M - 145
Dec 25, 1975 US and Canada: $50M Rest of the world: $5.7K Worldwide: $50M - 146
Dec 25, 2005 US and Canada: $12.7M Rest of the world: $36.6M Worldwide: $49.3M - 147
Sep 30, 2005 US and Canada: $28.8M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $49.3M - 148
Dec 20, 1991 US and Canada: $49.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $49.1M - 149
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: $27.4M Rest of the world: $21.7M Worldwide: $49.1M - 150
Dec 25, 2015 US and Canada: $34.5M Rest of the world: $14.1M Worldwide: $48.6M
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)