#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 4
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 151 to 200 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 151
Dec 21, 1999 US and Canada: $28.9M Rest of the world: $19.4M Worldwide: $48.4M - 152
Jun 20, 2014 US and Canada: $12.1M Rest of the world: $36.3M Worldwide: $48.3M - 153
Nov 18, 1992 US and Canada: $48.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $48.2M - 154
Dec 22, 1999 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $47.4M - 155
Jul 3, 2026 US and Canada: $47.1M Rest of the world: $75K Worldwide: $47.2M - 156
Sep 1, 1990 US and Canada: $46.9M Rest of the world: $158.3K Worldwide: $47.1M - 157
Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $16.5M Rest of the world: $30.2M Worldwide: $46.7M - 158
Nov 9, 2005 US and Canada: $31M Rest of the world: $15.6M Worldwide: $46.6M - 159
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $45.3M Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $46.4M - 160
Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: $15.8M Rest of the world: $30.4M Worldwide: $46.2M - 161
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: $24.3M Rest of the world: $21.7M Worldwide: $46M - 162
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $196.6K Rest of the world: $45.5M Worldwide: $45.7M
Jun 7, 2019 · Chinese · Action, Biography, Thriller $45.7M worldwide - 163
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $22.6M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $45.2M - 164
Dec 22, 2023 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $10.1M Worldwide: $45.2M - 165
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: $22.3M Rest of the world: $22.3M Worldwide: $44.6M - 166
Jan 16, 2009 US and Canada: $36.8M Rest of the world: $7.6M Worldwide: $44.4M - 167
Dec 18, 1987 US and Canada: $44M Rest of the world: $47.3K Worldwide: $44M - 168
Feb 2, 2018 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $44M - 169
Dec 17, 2004 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: $41.6M Worldwide: $43.7M - 170
Dec 25, 2023 US and Canada: $18.6M Rest of the world: $25.1M Worldwide: $43.6M - 171
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $264.9K Worldwide: $43.3M - 172
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: $13.8M Rest of the world: $29.5M Worldwide: $43.3M - 173
Jan 5, 2007 US and Canada: $36.6M Rest of the world: $6.5M Worldwide: $43.1M - 174
Jun 22, 1979 US and Canada: $43M Rest of the world: $5.4K Worldwide: $43M - 175
Nov 20, 2015 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $41.1M Worldwide: $43M - 176
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $6.7M Rest of the world: $35.5M Worldwide: $42.2M - 177
Aug 16, 2013 US and Canada: $16.1M Rest of the world: $26M Worldwide: $42.1M - 178
Feb 14, 2019 US and Canada: $23M Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $41.5M - 179
Dec 4, 2015 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: $31.4M Worldwide: $41.4M - 180
Mar 7, 1997 US and Canada: $41.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $41.2M - 181
Dec 25, 1981 US and Canada: $40.4M Rest of the world: $129 Worldwide: $40.4M - 182
Nov 19, 2021 US and Canada: $15.1M Rest of the world: $24.4M Worldwide: $39.5M - 183
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)Jun 25, 1993 US and Canada: $39.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $39.1M
Jun 25, 1993 · English · Biography, Drama, Music $39.1M worldwide - 184
Dec 25, 2018 US and Canada: $24.7M Rest of the world: $14.1M Worldwide: $38.8M - 185
May 16, 2014 US and Canada: $36.5M Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $38.5M - 186
Apr 24, 2009 US and Canada: $31.7M Rest of the world: $6.6M Worldwide: $38.3M - 187
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $21.6M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $37.4M - 188
Aug 3, 2007 US and Canada: $18.7M Rest of the world: $18.6M Worldwide: $37.3M - 189
Jan 15, 1993 US and Canada: $36.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $36.7M - 190
Jun 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.5M - 191
Jan 17, 2025 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $30.3M Worldwide: $36.5M - 192
Nov 20, 1996 US and Canada: $35.9M Rest of the world: $106.8K Worldwide: $36M - 193
Mar 21, 1997 US and Canada: $35.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $35.8M - 194
Oct 19, 2001 US and Canada: $30.2M Rest of the world: $5.6M Worldwide: $35.7M - 195
Dec 14, 1983 US and Canada: $35.6M Rest of the world: $1.4K Worldwide: $35.6M - 196
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $32.1M Worldwide: $35.1M - 197
Oct 6, 1978 US and Canada: $35M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $35M - 198
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: $22.7M Rest of the world: $12.1M Worldwide: $34.9M - 199
Feb 19, 1999 US and Canada: $32.6M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $34.7M - 200
Mar 1, 1991 US and Canada: $34.4M Rest of the world: $96.8K Worldwide: $34.5M
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)