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Biopic - Music

1978-Present
Excluding documentaries

RankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 Bohemian Rhapsody Fox $176,298,200 4,000 $51,061,119 4,000 11/2/18
2 Straight Outta Compton Uni. $161,197,785 3,142 $60,200,180 2,757 8/14/15
3 Walk the Line
(Johnny Cash & June Carter)		 Fox $119,519,402 3,160 $22,347,341 2,961 11/18/05
4 I Can Only Imagine RAtt. $83,482,352 2,894 $17,108,914 1,629 3/16/18
5 Ray
(Ray Charles)		 Uni. $75,331,600 2,474 $20,039,730 2,006 10/29/04
6 Coal Miner's Daughter
(Loretta Lynn)		 Uni. $67,182,787 - $3,366,443 437 3/7/80
7 La Bamba
(Ritchie Valens)		 Col. $54,215,416 1,251 $5,651,990 1,251 7/24/87
8 Amadeus
(Mozart)		 Orion $51,973,029 802 $505,276 25 9/21/84
9 Jersey Boys WB $47,047,013 2,905 $13,319,371 2,905 6/20/14
10 All Eyez on Me LG/S $44,922,302 2,471 $26,435,354 2,471 6/16/17
11 What's Love Got to Do with It
(Tina Turner)		 BV $39,100,956 1,100 $1,222,718 58 6/11/93
12 Notorious (2009) FoxS $36,843,682 1,641 $20,497,596 1,638 1/16/09
13 Shine
(David Helfgott)		 FL $35,892,330 1,050 $162,179 7 11/22/96
14 Selena
(Selena)		 WB $35,281,794 1,873 $11,615,722 1,850 3/21/97
15 The Doors
(Jim Morrison)		 TriS $34,416,893 1,236 $9,151,800 840 3/1/91
16 The Soloist P/DW $31,720,158 2,090 $9,716,458 2,024 4/24/09
17 Get On Up Uni. $30,703,100 2,469 $13,585,915 2,468 8/1/14
18 The Buddy Holly Story
(Buddy Holly)		 Col. $14,363,400 - n/a - 5/19/78
19 Great Balls of Fire!
(Jerry Lee Lewis)		 Orion $13,741,060 1,417 $3,807,986 1,417 6/30/89
20 De-Lovely
(Cole Porter)		 UA $13,456,633 410 $292,963 16 7/2/04
21 Love & Mercy RAtt. $12,551,031 791 $2,122,177 481 6/5/15
22 Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
(Frankie Lymon)		 WB $12,461,773 1,377 $3,946,382 1,369 8/28/98
23 La Vie en Rose
(Edith Piaf)		 PicH $10,301,706 178 $179,848 8 6/8/07
24 Immortal Beloved
(Beethoven)		 Sony $9,914,409 463 $120,108 4 12/16/94
25 Sweet Dreams
(Patsy Cline)		 TriS $9,085,049 778 $2,161,284 778 10/4/85
26 Cadillac Records
(Chess Records artists)		 Sony $8,195,551 701 $3,445,559 687 12/5/08
27 American Hot Wax
(Alan Freed)		 Par. $7,932,571 - n/a - 3/17/78
28 El Cantante
(Hector Lavoe)		 PicH $7,556,712 542 $3,202,035 542 8/3/07
29 Beyond the Sea
(Bobby Darin)		 Lions $6,318,709 383 $45,264 6 12/17/04
30 Topsy-Turvy
(Gilbert & Sullivan)		 USA $6,208,548 224 $31,387 2 12/15/99
31 Hilary and Jackie
(Jacqueline du Pre)		 Oct. $4,912,892 300 $92,956 6 12/30/98
32 I'm Not There
(Bob Dylan)		 Wein. $4,017,609 149 $730,819 130 11/21/07
33 The Runaways
(The Runaways)		 App. $3,573,673 244 $805,115 244 3/19/10
34 Sid and Nancy
(Sid Vicious)		 Gold. $2,826,523 43 $50,829 2 10/17/86
35 Miles Ahead SPC $2,610,896 527 $114,530 4 4/1/16
36 The Sapphires Wein. $2,450,867 126 $38,372 4 3/22/13
37 Backbeat
(The Beatles)		 Gram. $2,392,589 211 $126,740 10 4/15/94
38 Bird
(Charlie Parker)		 WB $2,181,286 93 $27,116 1 9/30/88
39 I Saw the Light SPC $1,646,788 741 $45,471 5 3/25/16
40 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
(Glenn Gould)		 Gold. $1,319,521 - n/a - 11/26/93
41 24 Hour Party People
(Tony Wilson)		 MGM $1,184,096 37 $34,940 2 8/9/02
42 Ma vie en cinemascope All. $1,163,648 - n/a - 12/17/04
43 Control
(Ian Curtis)		 Wein. $872,252 29 $27,674 1 10/10/07
44 Born to be Blue (US Release) IFC $830,129 79 $46,184 3 3/25/16
45 Jimi: All Is By My Side XL $340,911 75 $97,008 34 9/26/14
46 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life MBox $233,007 19 $25,189 3 8/31/11
47 What We Do Is Secret
(The Germs)		 PArch $58,776 7 $5,888 1 8/8/08
48 Django UTMW $56,556 7 $11,722 4 1/5/18
49 Stoned
(Brian Jones)		 Scre. $38,922 6 $15,409 6 3/24/06
50 Gloria (2015) PH $14,701 3 $7,930 3 7/17/15
51 Paul Coelho's Best Story MBox $8,808 5 $5,295 5 7/31/15
TOTAL (All Movies):$1,289,950,401----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$25,293,145873$6,032,398747-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$1,115,627,264----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$50,710,3301,835$17,299,5711,944-



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