12 highest-grossing biographical films that interestingly showed the stories of real people (13 photos)

It is known that there is no such biographical film that would so accurately show the events of the life of a real person that after watching it, none of those involved in this story complained. Yes, this is the most difficult thing in making such a movie.





But this happens. None of the films in this genre have ever made a billion dollars at the box office, but two came extremely close. Let's look at a dozen of the most successful biopics in terms of box office receipts, the creators of which still managed to convince audiences that the story of certain people is definitely worth seeing on the big screen.

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 artist Frank Abagnale.

Box office: $352.1 million

We don’t say goodbye to DiCaprio at this point.

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

Have you noticed that Leonardo DiCaprio plays real-life convicted criminals every 10 years? In 2002, Abagnale, in 2013, Belfort, and now in 2023, he played Ernest Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon. All three committed crimes, were caught and convicted, and then managed to get out of prison and continued their lives. Are these types of characters DiCaprio's favorite types?

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 about 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 Britn group 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