Bob Dylan’s ‘A Complete Unknown’ starring Timothée Chalamet and grossing $33.6 million is already among the top 25 highest-grossing music biopics of all time.
The biopic was released on Christmas Day.
These are the highest-grossing music biopics of all time:
10. Jersey Boys (2014)
$67.6 million
Clint Eastwood directed this biopic about The Four Seasons.
9. I Can Only Imagine (2018)
$86.1 million
Michael Finley played Bart Millard, the lead singer of contemporary Christian band MercyMe.
8. La Vie En Rose (2019)
$87.5 million
Marion Cotillard won an Oscar for her role as Edith Piaf.
7. Ray (2004)
$124 million
Jamie Foxx won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Ray Charles.
6. Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
$180.8 million
“First he changed music. Then he changed the world” was the tagline for the film, directed and co-written by Reinaldo Marcus Green about Bob Marley.
5. Walk the Line (2005)
$186.8 million
Joaquin Phoenix received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for portraying country legend Johnny Cash, while Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for her role as his wife.
4. Rocketman (2019)
$195.3 million
Taron Egerton received praise for his performance as Elton John.
3. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
$201.6 million
Ice Cube was portrayed by his real-life son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., in this biopic about the band N.W.A., which also starred Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre.
2. Elvis (2022)
$288.7 million
The story of the King of Rock and Roll with
Baz Luhrmann.
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
$910.8 million
Rami Malek won a Best Actor Oscar for portraying Queen’s charismatic frontman Freddie Mercury.
