#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 8
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 351 to 400 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 351
Oct 15, 2010 US and Canada: $6.8M Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $11.1M - 352
Dec 15, 2000 US and Canada: $8.6M Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $11M - 353
Dec 7, 2012 US and Canada: $6.4M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $11M - 354
Oct 10, 2014 US and Canada: $101.2K Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $10.9M - 355
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2006)Feb 17, 2006 US and Canada: $680.3K Rest of the world: $10.1M Worldwide: $10.8M
Feb 17, 2006 · German · Biography, Drama, History $10.8M worldwide - 356
Oct 11, 2024 US and Canada: $9.8M Rest of the world: $966.2K Worldwide: $10.7M - 357
Apr 19, 2019 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $10.6M - 358
Nov 23, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 359
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $8.9M Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $10.4M - 360
Apr 6, 2018 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2M - 361
Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: $6.1M Rest of the world: $4.1M Worldwide: $10.2M - 362
Apr 5, 2019 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: $4.2K Worldwide: $10.2M - 363
Aug 12, 2011 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $10.2M - 364
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: $65.2K Worldwide: $10.1M - 365
Aug 30, 2019 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $8.1M Worldwide: $10.1M - 366
Aug 24, 2018 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $7.7M Worldwide: $10.1M - 367
Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: $9.5M Rest of the world: $543.7K Worldwide: $10.1M - 368
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $113.2K Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $10M - 369
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: $9.5M Rest of the world: $459.4K Worldwide: $10M - 370
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)May 3, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8M
May 3, 2019 · English · Biography, Drama, Thriller $9.8M worldwide - 371
Oct 10, 2008 US and Canada: $9.8M Rest of the world: $14.7K Worldwide: $9.8M - 372
Mar 13, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M - 373
Jan 8, 1993 US and Canada: $9.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.5M - 374
Jul 20, 2007 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $8.4M Worldwide: $9.4M - 375
Oct 17, 2003 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $7.9M Worldwide: $9.4M - 376
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)Jun 29, 2012 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $9.4M Jun 29, 2012 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $9.4M worldwide - 377
Aug 30, 2002 US and Canada: $280K Rest of the world: $9M Worldwide: $9.3M - 378
May 10, 2019 US and Canada: $4.5M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $9.1M - 379
Oct 11, 1985 US and Canada: $9.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.1M - 380
Oct 18, 2013 US and Canada: $3.3M Rest of the world: $5.8M Worldwide: $9.1M - 381
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $8.2M Rest of the world: $688.1K Worldwide: $8.9M - 382
May 29, 2013 US and Canada: $717.2K Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $8.9M - 383
Jan 31, 2020 US and Canada: $296K Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $8.9M - 384
May 18, 2018 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $6.6M Worldwide: $8.6M - 385
Dec 22, 2000 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $4.4M Worldwide: $8.6M - 386
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $8.5M - 387
Dec 17, 2004 US and Canada: $6.3M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $8.4M - 388
Oct 10, 2007 US and Canada: $872.3K Rest of the world: $7.3M Worldwide: $8.2M - 389
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)Nov 22, 2017 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $8.1M Nov 22, 2017 · English · Biography, Drama, Comedy $8.1M worldwide - 390
Dec 25, 2024 US and Canada: $8.1M Rest of the world: $11.1K Worldwide: $8.1M - 391
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $3.5M Worldwide: $8.1M - 392
Aug 3, 2007 US and Canada: $7.6M Rest of the world: $500.9K Worldwide: $8.1M - 393
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $4.1M Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $8M - 394
Aug 15, 2003 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $8M - 395
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: $57K Rest of the world: $7.8M Worldwide: $7.8M - 396
Apr 13, 2012 US and Canada: $355.4K Rest of the world: $7.5M Worldwide: $7.8M - 397
Nov 14, 2003 US and Canada: $7.7M Rest of the world: $89.6K Worldwide: $7.8M - 398
Dec 17, 1999 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $7.8M - 399
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: $4.8M Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $7.7M - 400
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: $7.7M Rest of the world: $31.2K Worldwide: $7.7M
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)