Skip to content
What's After the Movie?
Biography box office · May 1993

Biography Box Office, May 1993: Top-Grossing Releases

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) is the highest-grossing biography movie released in May 1993, with $63.5M worldwide, ahead of The Long Day Closes (1993) at $22.9K. 2 biography films released in May 1993 report a worldwide gross, $63.5M in all, 55% of it from the US & Canada.

May 1993 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$63.5M
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), the #1
$63.5M
earned in the US & Canada
55%
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) movie poster #1 of 2
#1 biography movie of May 1993

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

1993 · Action, Biography

$63.5M worldwide · 100% of the chart's total

$35.1M US & Canada · 55% $28.4M elsewhere · 45%
The chart

Every Biography Release of May 1993, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 1993.

  1. 1 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) movie poster
    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) May 7, 1993 · English · Action, Biography, Drama $63.5M worldwide
    May 7, 1993 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $28.4M Worldwide: $63.5M
  2. 2 The Long Day Closes (1993) movie poster
    The Long Day Closes (1993) May 28, 1993 · English · Biography, Drama, Family $22.9K worldwide
    May 28, 1993 US and Canada: $22.8K Rest of the world: $120 Worldwide: $22.9K
FAQ

Biography Box Office May 1993: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing biography movie in May 1993?

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) leads with $63.5M worldwide, $35.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Long Day Closes (1993) at $22.9K.

How much did biography movies released in May 1993 earn?

2 biography films released in May 1993 report a worldwide gross, $63.5M in all, or $31.8M per film on average.

How many biography movies released in May 1993 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), earned $63.5M.

How much of the May 1993 Biography box office came from the US and Canada?

$35.1M of the $63.5M total, or 55%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the May 1993 biography box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in May 1993. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the May 1993 biography box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.