#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 2
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 51 to 100 of 1,728. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 51
Jul 25, 2003 US and Canada: $120.3M Rest of the world: $28.1M Worldwide: $148.3M - 52
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: $131.9M Worldwide: $137.1M - 53
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: $803.2K Rest of the world: $136M Worldwide: $136.8M - 54
Dec 19, 2012 US and Canada: $95.7M Rest of the world: $37.1M Worldwide: $132.8M - 55
Oct 8, 1997 US and Canada: $38M Rest of the world: $93.5M Worldwide: $131.5M - 56
Dec 23, 2005 US and Canada: $47.4M Rest of the world: $83.6M Worldwide: $131M - 57
Nov 18, 2009 US and Canada: $627K Rest of the world: $129.1M Worldwide: $129.7M - 58
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $56.8M Rest of the world: $70.5M Worldwide: $127.4M - 59
Dec 11, 2009 US and Canada: $37.5M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $122.4M - 60
Nov 23, 2016 US and Canada: $40.1M Rest of the world: $79.4M Worldwide: $119.5M - 61
Dec 13, 2013 US and Canada: $83.3M Rest of the world: $34.6M Worldwide: $117.9M - 62
Feb 21, 2014 US and Canada: $23.2M Rest of the world: $94.6M Worldwide: $117.8M - 63
Mar 1, 2002 US and Canada: $78.1M Rest of the world: $37.3M Worldwide: $115.4M - 64
Dec 17, 1999 US and Canada: $39.3M Rest of the world: $74.7M Worldwide: $114M - 65
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $35.7M Rest of the world: $77.7M Worldwide: $113.4M - 66
Nov 26, 2025 US and Canada: $24.2M Rest of the world: $85.3M Worldwide: $109.5M - 67
Oct 12, 2018 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $60.8M Worldwide: $105.7M - 68
Dec 25, 2015 US and Canada: $56.5M Rest of the world: $44.7M Worldwide: $101.1M - 69
Nov 6, 2015 US and Canada: $45.1M Rest of the world: $53.6M Worldwide: $98.7M - 70
Sep 16, 2022 US and Canada: $67.3M Rest of the world: $30.2M Worldwide: $97.6M - 71
Nov 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $97.5M - 72
Mar 16, 2001 US and Canada: $51.4M Rest of the world: $45.6M Worldwide: $97M - 73
Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $94.2M Worldwide: $96.1M - 74
Nov 23, 2018 US and Canada: $34.4M Rest of the world: $61.6M Worldwide: $95.9M - 75
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)Dec 11, 2015 US and Canada: $25M Rest of the world: $69.3M Worldwide: $94.3M
Dec 11, 2015 · English · Action, Adventure, Biography $94.3M worldwide - 76
Sep 28, 2012 US and Canada: $922.9K Rest of the world: $93.3M Worldwide: $94.3M - 77
Aug 19, 2016 US and Canada: $26.4M Rest of the world: $67.7M Worldwide: $94.1M - 78
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $86.7M Worldwide: $92.2M - 79
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $456.9K Rest of the world: $87.5M Worldwide: $88M - 80
Aug 11, 2017 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $84.7M Worldwide: $86.3M - 81
Dec 20, 2024 US and Canada: $529.8K Rest of the world: $85.4M Worldwide: $85.9M - 82
Nov 6, 1998 US and Canada: $30.1M Rest of the world: $52.1M Worldwide: $82.2M - 83
Feb 29, 2008 US and Canada: $26.8M Rest of the world: $51.4M Worldwide: $78.2M - 84
Jun 14, 2002 US and Canada: $40.9M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $77.6M - 85
Apr 28, 2006 US and Canada: $31.5M Rest of the world: $45.2M Worldwide: $76.7M - 86
Jun 3, 1987 US and Canada: $76.3M Rest of the world: $1.9K Worldwide: $76.3M - 87
Dec 25, 2018 US and Canada: $47.8M Rest of the world: $28.2M Worldwide: $76.1M - 88
Apr 22, 2022 US and Canada: $34.2M Rest of the world: $41.6M Worldwide: $75.9M - 89
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)Oct 12, 2007 US and Canada: $16.4M Rest of the world: $59.4M Worldwide: $75.8M Oct 12, 2007 · English · Biography, Drama, History $75.8M worldwide - 90
Jul 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.2M - 91
Dec 29, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.5M - 92
Nov 18, 1959 US and Canada: $74.4M Rest of the world: $6.7K Worldwide: $74.4M - 93
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: $56.6M Worldwide: $71.1M - 94
Jan 11, 2002 US and Canada: $11.3M Rest of the world: $59.5M Worldwide: $70.8M - 95
Apr 9, 1976 US and Canada: $70.6M Rest of the world: $1.2K Worldwide: $70.6M - 96
Dec 20, 2006 US and Canada: $13.8M Rest of the world: $54.9M Worldwide: $68.7M - 97
Dec 25, 2014 US and Canada: $52.1M Rest of the world: $15.7M Worldwide: $67.8M - 98
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $45.8M Rest of the world: $21.5M Worldwide: $67.4M - 99
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)Nov 12, 1999 US and Canada: $14.3M Rest of the world: $52.7M Worldwide: $67M Nov 12, 1999 · English · Biography, Drama, History $67M worldwide - 100
Dec 25, 2000 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $32M Worldwide: $66.6M
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)