#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 14
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 651 to 700 of 1,728. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 651
Mar 1, 2013 US and Canada: $248.3K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.4M - 652
Sep 12, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 653
Oct 7, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 654
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: $111.1K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.3M - 655
Jul 2, 2020 US and Canada: $186.6K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.3M - 656
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)May 20, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
May 20, 2022 · Japanese · Drama, Comedy, History $2.3M worldwide - 657
Quisling: The Final Days (2025)Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
Mar 21, 2025 · Norwegian · Biography, Drama, History $2.3M worldwide - 658
Sep 4, 1982 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $27K Worldwide: $2.3M - 659
Apr 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 660
Sep 5, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M - 661
Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: $20K Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $2.3M - 662
Feb 2, 2024 US and Canada: $257.7K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.2M - 663
Jun 30, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 664
Aug 5, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 665
Jan 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 666
Nov 20, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.2M - 667
Apr 5, 2019 US and Canada: $152K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.2M - 668
Mar 1, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 669
Sep 7, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 670
Mar 9, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 671
The Ark and the Darkness (2024)Mar 20, 2024 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M
Mar 20, 2024 · English · Mystery, Documentary, History $2.1M worldwide - 672
Dec 22, 1995 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.1M - 673
Nov 19, 2004 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $458.3K Worldwide: $2.1M - 674
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M - 675
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $571.1K Worldwide: $2M - 676
Aug 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 677
Nov 22, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 678
Apr 11, 1997 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M - 679
Dec 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 680
1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)Nov 24, 2016 US and Canada: $2.8K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2M
Nov 24, 2016 · Spanish · Drama, History, War $2M worldwide - 681
Aug 3, 2007 US and Canada: $243K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $2M - 682
Nov 22, 1996 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M - 683
Feb 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 684
Jul 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M - 685
Nov 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 686
Dec 4, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 687
Mar 3, 1991 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.9M - 688
Jul 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 689
Nov 6, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 690
Sep 11, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 691
Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 692
Sep 30, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 693
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 694
Sep 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 695
Nov 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 696
Dec 22, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 697
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 698
Sep 4, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M - 699
Gentlemen Officers: Save the Emperor (2008)Apr 17, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.9M
Apr 17, 2008 · Russian · Action, History, Adventure $1.9M worldwide - 700
Oct 19, 1960 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $24.8K Worldwide: $1.9M
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)