The top 10 highest grossing biopics of all time have have been released

The new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, has entered the list of the 10 highest-grossing music biopics of all time, only a couple of months after it's US release.

The film, which was only released in New Zealand at the end of January, has already surpassed several iconic biopics, including Tina Turner’s What’s Love Got to Do With It, The Notorious B.I.G’s Notorious, Judy Garland’s Judy, Mozart’s Amadeus, and Fanny Brice’s Funny Girl.

It has also jumped ahead of La Bamba, All Eyez on Me, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Coal Miner’s Daughter, and Jersey Boys.

The highest-grossing music biopic of all time is Bohemian Rhapsody, which earned a staggering $910.8 million worldwide. It is followed by Elvis, Straight Outta Compton, and Rocketman.

The top ten highest-grossing biopics of all time:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Subject: Queen
Worldwide gross: $910.8 million
Director: Brian Singer

2. Elvis (2022)
Subject: Elvis Presley
Worldwide gross: $288.7 million
Director: Baz Luhrmann

3. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Subject: NWA
Worldwide gross: $201.6 million
Director: F. Gary Gray

4. Rocketman (2019)
Subject: Elton John
Worldwide gross: $195.3 million
Director: Dexter Fletcher

5. Walk The Line (2005)
Subject: Johnny Cash
Worldwide gross: $186.8 million
Director: James Mangold

6. Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
Subject: Bob Marley
Worldwide gross: $180.8 million
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

7. Ray (2004)
Subject: Ray Charles
Worldwide gross: $124 million
Director: Taylor Hackford

8. La Vie En Rose (2007)
Subject: Edith Piaf
Worldwide gross: $87.5 million
Director: Olivier Dahan

9. I Can Only Imagine (2018)
Subject: Bart Millard of Christian band MercyMe
Worldwide gross: $86.1 million
Directors: Andrew & Jon Erwin

10. A Complete Unknown
Subject: Bob Dylan
Director: James Mangold

Following on the huge success of the above biopics, here's some more big names we can expect to see on our screens in the future:

• Michael Jackson
  We're expecting to see this biopic, which has been in the works since 2019, in April this year. Michael Jackson will be portrayed by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson.
• The Beatles
  This will be not one, but four different films, each from the perspective of one of the four Beatles about “certain famous scenes from their lives.” It is not known if the movies will be released together or staggered.
• Bruce Springsteen
• Bee Gees 
• Boy George
• Billy Joel
• Frank Sinatra 
• Keith Moon
• KISS
• Bon Scott, working title The Kid From Harvest Road 
• Nat “King” Cole
• Cher
• Dusty Springfield
• Janis Joplin
• Dionne Warwick
• Anthony Kiedis, based on his memoirs Scar Tissue.
• Joey Ramone
• Heart
• Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne
• Maria Callas
• Linda Ronstadt
• Fred Astaire