#1 of 1,597 Highest-grossing music movie ever
2026 · Biography, Drama
$1B worldwide
$372.3M US & Canada · 36% $656.4M elsewhere · 64%
Music box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Music Movies of All Time, Page 6
Michael (2026) is the highest-grossing music movie in our database, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) at $910.8M and Sing (2016) at $634.3M. 1,597 music films in our database report a worldwide gross, $20.2B in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 49 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $16B across 1,050 music releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,597
- combined worldwide
- $20.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 49
- earned in the US & Canada
- 50%
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All 1,597 Music Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 251 to 300 of 1,597. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 251
Oct 10, 2014 US and Canada: $101.2K Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $10.9M - 252
Mar 20, 2015 US and Canada: $5.6M Rest of the world: $5.2M Worldwide: $10.8M - 253
Sep 18, 2024 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $10.8M - 254
Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007)Oct 18, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M
Oct 18, 2007 · Norwegian · Music, Documentary, Crime $10.6M worldwide - 255
Feb 6, 1987 US and Canada: $10.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.5M - 256
Mar 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4M - 257
Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: $6.8M Worldwide: $10.3M - 258
Nov 12, 1986 US and Canada: $10.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.3M - 259
Jan 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3M - 260
Nov 23, 2005 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2M - 261
Aug 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.2M - 262
Jun 8, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1M - 263
Jul 2, 1986 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1M - 264
Oct 17, 2002 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1M - 265
Jun 11, 1975 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: $11.8K Worldwide: $10M - 266
Aug 26, 2009 US and Canada: $7.5M Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $10M - 267
Apr 14, 2006 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $8.1M Worldwide: $10M - 268
May 19, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9M - 269
Dec 16, 1994 US and Canada: $9.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.9M - 270
Feb 14, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8M - 271
Apr 24, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8M - 272
Jun 3, 2016 US and Canada: $9.6M Rest of the world: $40.9K Worldwide: $9.7M - 273
Dec 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.6M - 274
May 27, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.6M - 275
Apr 4, 2003 US and Canada: $921.8K Rest of the world: $8.6M Worldwide: $9.6M - 276
Apr 11, 1997 US and Canada: $9.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.5M - 277
Dec 25, 2025 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $8.5M Worldwide: $9.5M - 278
Feb 14, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 279
Dec 21, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 280
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)Jun 29, 2012 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $9.4M
Jun 29, 2012 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $9.4M worldwide - 281
Mar 23, 2007 US and Canada: $209.7K Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $9.3M - 282
Jun 21, 2013 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $7.5M Worldwide: $9.2M - 283
Feb 12, 1989 US and Canada: $9.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.1M - 284
May 13, 2005 US and Canada: $8.1M Rest of the world: $986.4K Worldwide: $9.1M - 285
Oct 11, 1985 US and Canada: $9.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.1M - 286
Sep 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9M - 287
Jul 9, 1988 US and Canada: $8.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.9M - 288
Mar 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9M - 289
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: $8.2M Rest of the world: $688.1K Worldwide: $8.9M - 290
Sep 19, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9M - 291
Aug 20, 2008 US and Canada: $6.4M Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $8.8M - 292
Sep 9, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 293
Jun 10, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8M - 294
Mar 29, 1991 US and Canada: $8.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.8M - 295
Apr 22, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 296
Apr 5, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6M - 297
Nov 3, 1988 US and Canada: $8.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.6M - 298
Dec 17, 2004 US and Canada: $6.3M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $8.4M - 299
Mar 4, 1983 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.4M - 300
Sep 1, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4M
Archive
Music Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1925 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $2B, led by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
2020s 7 years · $2.9B
2010s 10 years · $7B
- 2019 $543.5M #1 Rocketman (2019)
- 2018 $2B #1 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- 2017 $531.2M #1 Baby Driver (2017)
- 2016 $803.5M #1 Sing (2016)
- 2015 $1B #1 Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
- 2014 $508.5M #1 Step Up: All In (2014)
- 2013 $495.1M #1 Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
- 2012 $467.2M #1 Step Up Revolution (2012)
- 2011 $339.1M #1 Happy Feet Two (2011)
- 2010 $319.4M #1 Step Up 3-D (2010)
2000s 10 years · $6B
- 2009 $1.2B #1 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
- 2008 $374M #1 Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
- 2007 $831.5M #1 Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
- 2006 $723.7M #1 Happy Feet (2006)
- 2005 $716.9M #1 Walk the Line (2005)
- 2004 $536.3M #1 Home on the Range (2004)
- 2003 $411.4M #1 School of Rock (2003)
- 2002 $487.1M #1 8 Mile (2002)
- 2001 $251.1M #1 Save the Last Dance (2001)
- 2000 $539.5M #1 Coyote Ugly (2000)
1990s 10 years · $2.2B
- 1999 $80.7M #1 Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
- 1998 $197.7M #1 The Wedding Singer (1998)
- 1997 $309.7M #1 The Full Monty (1997)
- 1996 $183.2M #1 Mr. Holland's Opus (1996)
- 1995 $1.5M #1 Georgia (1995)
- 1994 $31.3M #1 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
- 1993 $180.1M #1 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
- 1992 $858.7M #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $131.6M #1 The Doors (1991)
- 1990 $247.1M #1 Dick Tracy (1990)
1980s 10 years · $1.3B
- 1989 $42.4M #1 The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
- 1988 $114.1M #1 Beaches (1988)
- 1987 $83.6M #1 La Bamba (1987)
- 1986 $34.6M #1 Disorder (1986)
- 1985 $73.7M #1 The Last Dragon (1985)
- 1984 $360.2M #1 Footloose (1984)
- 1983 $188.2M #1 Flashdance (1983)
- 1982 $93.7M #1 Victor Victoria (1982)
- 1981 $20.3M #1 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
- 1980 $262.6M #1 The Blues Brothers (1980)
1970s 10 years · $686.3M
- 1979 $80.8M #1 All That Jazz (1979)
- 1978 $69M #1 Up in Smoke (1978)
- 1977 $254M #1 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- 1976 $80M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $10M #1 Nashville (1975)
- 1974 $102.6K #1 A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974)
- 1973 $204.1K #1 Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
- 1972 $671.2K #1 Elvis on Tour (1972)
- 1971 $1.6K #1 The Music Lovers (1971)
- 1970 $191.4M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 8 years · $3.8M
- 1968 $1.4M #1 Elvis: The ’68 Comeback Special (1968)
- 1967 $4.4K #1 Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- 1966 $5K #1 A Well Paid Walk (1966)
- 1965 $1.4K #1 Orgy of the Dead (1965)
- 1964 $2.4M #1 A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- 1963 $1.4K #1 Summer Holiday (1963)
- 1962 $9.9K #1 Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- 1961 $1.6K #1 Too Late Blues (1961)
1950s 10 years · $4.1M
- 1959 $75.4K #1 Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959)
- 1958 $502.3K #1 South Pacific (1958)
- 1957 $20.2K #1 Silk Stockings (1957)
- 1956 $1.5K #1 Carousel (1956)
- 1955 $43.8K #1 Oklahoma! (1955)
- 1954 $7.6K #1 There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- 1953 $3.3M #1 Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- 1952 $9.3K #1 Limelight (1952)
- 1951 $141K #1 The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
- 1950 $14.8K #1 Rabbit of Seville (1950)