#1 of 1,731 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 15
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. 1,731 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 753 history releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,731
- combined worldwide
- $29.1B
- films crossed $100M
- 68
- earned in the US & Canada
- 34%
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All 1,731 History Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 701 to 750 of 1,731. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 701
Apr 6, 2018 US and Canada: $104.3K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $1.8M - 702
Apr 22, 2016 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $743.1K Worldwide: $1.8M - 703
Dec 3, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 704
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (2021)Dec 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M
Dec 1, 2021 · Malayalam · History, Action, War $1.8M worldwide - 705
Oct 4, 2002 US and Canada: $773.2K Rest of the world: $985.5K Worldwide: $1.8M - 706
Sep 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 707
Nov 24, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 708
Feb 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.8M - 709
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II (2013)Nov 13, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M
Nov 13, 2013 · English · History, Drama $1.7M worldwide - 710
Dec 14, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 711
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $25.4K Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $1.7M - 712
Sep 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 713
Nov 13, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 714
Aug 28, 1987 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.7M - 715
Oct 4, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 716
Jan 29, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 717
Sep 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 718
Mar 19, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 719
Oct 11, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7M - 720
Apr 25, 2021 US and Canada: $920.6K Rest of the world: $718.6K Worldwide: $1.6M - 721
Jun 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 722
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $365.9K Worldwide: $1.6M - 723
Mar 5, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 724
Sep 25, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 725
Sep 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 726
Apr 29, 2015 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $310K Worldwide: $1.6M - 727
Jan 21, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 728
Dec 1, 1994 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $26.8K Worldwide: $1.6M - 729
Feb 15, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 730
Oct 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 731
Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 732
Oct 8, 1987 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.6M - 733
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (2003)Sep 20, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M
Sep 20, 2003 · Spanish · History, Documentary $1.6M worldwide - 734
Dec 12, 2007 US and Canada: $161.2K Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $1.6M - 735
Feb 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 736
Oct 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 737
Jan 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6M - 738
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 739
Jan 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 740
Apr 24, 1992 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $1.5M - 741
Sep 23, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 742
Oct 27, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 743
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)Oct 22, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M Oct 22, 2021 · English · Biography, Drama, History $1.5M worldwide - 744
Aug 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 745
Apr 30, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 746
May 21, 2010 US and Canada: $67.5K Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $1.5M - 747
Mar 21, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 748
Apr 15, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 749
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M - 750
Feb 1, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4M
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 · $628.2M
- 1989 $24.8M #1 Henry V (1989)
- 1988 $70.4M #1 Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- 1987 $157.2M #1 The Untouchables (1987)
- 1986 $23.6M #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)