Biographical films (or biopics) always attract special attention from viewers. After all, it’s always interesting to look at real events that happened to really existing people. Plus, such films often collect all the most prestigious film awards. However, biopics, unlike science-fiction blockbusters, rarely boast big box office receipts. For example, Avengers: Endgame grossed $2.8 billion worldwide. But apparently, in recent years the situation has begun to change and biopics have begun to collect much more. You can see this in our TOP 12 highest-grossing biographical films.
12th place - The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) 
A film adaptation of the memoirs of American entrepreneur Christopher Gardner, who went from a homeless single father to a successful businessman.
Box office: $307.1 million
11th place - The Blind Side (2009) 
The film adaptation of the book "The Blind Side: The Evolution of the Game" is about Michael Oher, an African-American from a dysfunctional family who, as a teenager, was taken into the care of the family of Leanne and Sean Twohy, which helped him become a professional American football player.
Box office: $309.2 million
10th place - Mind Games (2001) 
An adaptation of the book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar, which tells about the life of American mathematician John Forbes Nash, a Nobel Prize winner in economics, who struggled with schizophrenia (suitably embellished in the film).
Box office: $316.7 million
9th place - Green Book (2018) 
The film tells the true story of the journey of jazz pianist Don Shirley and his driver Tony Vallelonga across the United States in 1962.
Box office: $321.7 million
8th place - Schindler's List (1993) 
An adaptation of Thomas Keneally's novel Schindler's Ark about the rescue of more than 1,200 Jews by German industrialist Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust.
Box office: $322.1 million
7th place - Catch Me If You Can (2002) 
The film is based on the autobiography of American con man Frank Abagnale.
Box office: $352.1 million
6th place - The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 
The second film in a row starring Leonardo DiCaprio, this time based on the autobiography of broker and also notorious convicted fraudster Jordan Belfort.
Box office: $392 million
5th place - The King speaks! (2010) 
The film is about King George VI of Great Britain and speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped His Majesty get rid of his stuttering.
Box office: $427.3 million
4th place - The Greatest Showman (2017) 
The film tells the story of the life of the famous American entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum, who became the most important figure in American show business in the 19th century.
Box office: $435.7 million
3rd place - Sniper (2014) 
Clint Eastwood's film is based on the memoirs of American soldier Chris Kyle, who, while serving in Iraq, became the most prolific sniper in the history of the US Armed Forces.
Box office: $547.4 million
2nd place - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) 
The film tells the story of the life of Freddie Mercury and the legendary British band Queen.
Box office: $910.8 million
1st place - Oppenheimer (2023) 
A film by Christopher Nolan about American theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who led the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb in history.
Box office: $951.3 million
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