#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 5
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 201 to 250 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 201
Oct 9, 2015 US and Canada: $17.8M Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $34.4M - 202
Dec 22, 2023 US and Canada: $315.2K Rest of the world: $33.9M Worldwide: $34.2M - 203
Dec 12, 2008 US and Canada: $748.6K Rest of the world: $33.5M Worldwide: $34.2M - 204
Dec 25, 2024 US and Canada: $951.9K Rest of the world: $32.5M Worldwide: $33.5M - 205
Aug 1, 2014 US and Canada: $30.7M Rest of the world: $2.7M Worldwide: $33.4M - 206
Oct 27, 2023 US and Canada: $21M Rest of the world: $12.2M Worldwide: $33.1M - 207
Dec 12, 2003 US and Canada: $11.7M Rest of the world: $21.4M Worldwide: $33M - 208
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)Dec 31, 2002 US and Canada: $16M Rest of the world: $17M Worldwide: $33M
Dec 31, 2002 · English · Biography, Drama, Thriller $33M worldwide - 209
Aug 13, 2021 US and Canada: $24.3M Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $32.9M - 210
May 22, 2026 US and Canada: $32.9M Rest of the world: $18.2K Worldwide: $32.9M - 211
Feb 23, 2007 US and Canada: $21.3M Rest of the world: $10.9M Worldwide: $32.1M - 212
Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: $4.7M Rest of the world: $27.3M Worldwide: $32M - 213
Oct 12, 2018 US and Canada: $7.6M Rest of the world: $24.1M Worldwide: $31.7M - 214
Apr 7, 1995 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.6M - 215
Dec 25, 2007 US and Canada: $30.2M Rest of the world: $35.1K Worldwide: $30.3M - 216
Aug 30, 2024 US and Canada: $30M Rest of the world: $59.8K Worldwide: $30.1M - 217
Dec 5, 1973 US and Canada: $29.8M Rest of the world: $57.9K Worldwide: $29.9M - 218
Dec 1, 2017 US and Canada: $21.1M Rest of the world: $8.7M Worldwide: $29.8M - 219
Dec 2, 2016 US and Canada: $14M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $29.8M - 220
Sep 26, 2003 US and Canada: $5.8M Rest of the world: $23.8M Worldwide: $29.6M - 221
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $4M Worldwide: $29.6M - 222
Dec 25, 1992 US and Canada: $24.3M Rest of the world: $5M Worldwide: $29.3M - 223
Dec 25, 2014 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: $14.8M Worldwide: $29.3M - 224
Dec 18, 2009 US and Canada: $11M Rest of the world: $18.2M Worldwide: $29.2M - 225
Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $29M - 226
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $27.1M Worldwide: $28.9M - 227
Jun 5, 2015 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $16.1M Worldwide: $28.6M - 228
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)Nov 29, 2013 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: $19.7M Worldwide: $28M Nov 29, 2013 · English · Biography, Drama, History $28M worldwide - 229
Nov 13, 2015 US and Canada: $12.2M Rest of the world: $15.7M Worldwide: $28M - 230
Nov 23, 2012 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: $21M Worldwide: $27M - 231
Feb 16, 1990 US and Canada: $27M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27M - 232
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009)Aug 21, 2009 US and Canada: $476.3K Rest of the world: $26.5M Worldwide: $26.9M Aug 21, 2009 · English · Action, Biography, Drama $26.9M worldwide - 233
Feb 15, 2008 US and Canada: $3.4M Rest of the world: $23.5M Worldwide: $26.9M - 234
Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $26.5M - 235
Dec 25, 2021 US and Canada: $26.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.5M - 236
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $18.3M Rest of the world: $8M Worldwide: $26.4M - 237
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $17.6M Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $26.2M - 238
Oct 10, 1980 US and Canada: $26M Rest of the world: $23.5K Worldwide: $26M - 239
Nov 5, 2010 US and Canada: $9.5M Rest of the world: $16.3M Worldwide: $25.8M - 240
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: $19.2M Rest of the world: $5.9M Worldwide: $25.1M - 241
Jun 24, 1994 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.1M - 242
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $4.2M Worldwide: $25M - 243
Apr 5, 2019 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $22.4M Worldwide: $24.7M - 244
Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $22.7M Worldwide: $24.7M - 245
Mar 9, 2018 US and Canada: $8M Rest of the world: $16.6M Worldwide: $24.6M - 246
Dec 28, 2018 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $19M Worldwide: $24.4M - 247
Apr 11, 2014 US and Canada: $4.4M Rest of the world: $19.7M Worldwide: $24.2M - 248
Jan 20, 2017 US and Canada: $12.8M Rest of the world: $11.3M Worldwide: $24.1M - 249
Jan 12, 2007 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: $22M Worldwide: $24.1M - 250
Jul 3, 2015 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: $15.3M Worldwide: $23.7M
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)