#1 of 1,728 Highest-grossing history movie ever
2026 · Biography, Drama
$1B worldwide
$372.3M US & Canada · 36% $656.4M elsewhere · 64%
History box office · All time
Highest-Grossing History Movies of All Time, Page 13
Michael (2026) is the highest-grossing history movie in our database, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Oppenheimer (2023) at $975.8M and Full River Red (2023) at $670.5M. 1,728 history films in our database report a worldwide gross, $29.1B in all, 34% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 68 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $19.4B across 750 history releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,728
- combined worldwide
- $29.1B
- films crossed $100M
- 68
- earned in the US & Canada
- 34%
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All 1,728 History Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 601 to 650 of 1,728. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 601
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $3M - 602
Feb 17, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M - 603
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: $103.6K Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $3M - 604
Oct 31, 2003 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $724.7K Worldwide: $2.9M - 605
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 606
Aug 4, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 607
Aug 10, 1984 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.9M - 608
May 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 609
Dec 21, 2011 US and Canada: $311.4K Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $2.9M - 610
Feb 12, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 611
Oct 25, 1996 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.8M - 612
Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 613
May 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 614
Mar 29, 2008 US and Canada: $37.2K Rest of the world: $2.7M Worldwide: $2.8M - 615
Sep 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 616
Oct 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 617
Jun 13, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 618
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2019)Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Mar 1, 2019 · Spanish · Biography, Drama, History $2.7M worldwide - 619
Mar 12, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 620
Sep 17, 2021 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $272.1K Worldwide: $2.7M - 621
Feb 13, 2026 US and Canada: $688.8K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.7M - 622
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 623
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 624
May 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 625
Oct 30, 1998 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 626
May 20, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 627
Jun 4, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 628
Mar 27, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 629
Oct 10, 2018 US and Canada: $466.4K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.6M - 630
Feb 12, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 631
Aug 2, 2024 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.6M - 632
Mar 31, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 633
Jun 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 634
Sep 22, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 635
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)Mar 30, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M
Mar 30, 2012 · Italian · Mystery, Drama, Crime $2.6M worldwide - 636
Dec 27, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 637
Oct 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 638
Feb 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 639
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 640
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M - 641
Nov 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 642
Sep 26, 2018 US and Canada: $6.6K Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $2.5M - 643
Jul 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 644
Mar 31, 1995 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M - 645
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 646
Sep 21, 2001 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M - 647
Mar 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 648
Jan 31, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 649
Dec 2, 2011 US and Canada: $757.2K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $2.4M - 650
Jan 9, 2015 US and Canada: $54K Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $2.4M
Archive
History Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1918 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2023 leads with $2.8B, led by Oppenheimer (2023).
2020s 7 years · $6.8B
2010s 10 years · $11.6B
- 2019 $1.8B #1 My People, My Country (2019)
- 2018 $1.2B #1 Green Book (2018)
- 2017 $1.7B #1 Dunkirk (2017)
- 2016 $1.8B #1 Dangal (2016)
- 2015 $1.1B #1 Everest (2015)
- 2014 $528.3M #1 Unbroken (2014)
- 2013 $969.9M #1 American Hustle (2013)
- 2012 $1.2B #1 Lincoln (2012)
- 2011 $413.7M #1 Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)
- 2010 $881.6M #1 The King's Speech (2010)
2000s 10 years · $6.7B
- 2009 $638.5M #1 Public Enemies (2009)
- 2008 $943.6M #1 Australia (2008)
- 2007 $426.8M #1 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- 2006 $744.1M #1 World Trade Center (2006)
- 2005 $796.9M #1 Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- 2004 $1.2B #1 The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- 2003 $666.9M #1 The Last Samurai (2003)
- 2002 $630M #1 Gangs of New York (2002)
- 2001 $103.7M #1 Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- 2000 $565.8M #1 Gladiator (2000)
1990s 10 years · $2.6B
- 1999 $183.1M #1 Anna and the King (1999)
- 1998 $353.8M #1 The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
- 1997 $207.8M #1 Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- 1996 $40.4M #1 Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- 1995 $980.4M #1 Apollo 13 (1995)
- 1994 $52.8M #1 Quiz Show (1994)
- 1993 $420M #1 Schindler's List (1993)
- 1992 $58M #1 Malcolm X (1992)
- 1991 $223M #1 JFK (1991)
- 1990 $42.6M #1 Glory (1990)
1980s 10 years · $628.1M
- 1989 $24.8M #1 Henry V (1989)
- 1988 $70.4M #1 Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- 1987 $157.2M #1 The Untouchables (1987)
- 1986 $23.5M #1 The Mission (1986)
- 1985 $73.7M #1 The Killing Fields (1985)
- 1984 $63.8M #1 Amadeus (1984)
- 1983 $74M #1 Gandhi (1983)
- 1982 $53.3M #1 Quest for Fire (1982)
- 1981 $83.5M #1 Reds (1981)
- 1980 $4M #1 Kagemusha (1980)
1970s 9 years · $169.9M
- 1979 $2.1K #1 Siberiade (1979)
- 1978 $15.9M #1 American Hot Wax (1978)
- 1977 $50.8M #1 A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- 1976 $70.8M #1 All the President's Men (1976)
- 1975 $416.1K #1 Barry Lyndon (1975)
- 1974 $103.1K #1 Edvard Munch (1974)
- 1972 $37.8K #1 Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
- 1971 $3.1K #1 The Devils (1971)
- 1970 $31.9M #1 Little Big Man (1970)
1960s 9 years · $108.4M
- 1969 $1M #1 Army of Shadows (1969)
- 1968 $20.1K #1 The Lion in Winter (1968)
- 1967 $316 #1 In Cold Blood (1967)
- 1966 $1.1M #1 The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- 1965 $162.9K #1 War and Peace (1965)
- 1964 $149.3K #1 Becket (1964)
- 1963 $58M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $46M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1960 $1.9M #1 Spartacus (1960)
1950s 9 years · $177.5M
- 1959 $74.6M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $38.4K #1 The Vikings (1958)
- 1957 $68K #1 Throne of Blood (1957)
- 1956 $65.5M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $910.1K #1 The Dam Busters (1955)
- 1954 $26.6K #1 Knights of the Round Table (1954)
- 1953 $36M #1 The Robe (1953)
- 1952 $280.5K #1 Les Miserables (1952)
- 1950 $10.9K #1 The Flame and the Arrow (1950)