Genre box office
Ranked history movies by reported worldwide gross, with budgets, gross-minus-budget and ROI where available.
| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 |
Enemy at the Gates
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2001 | $97.0M | $68.0M | $29.0M | 1.43x | Paramount Pictures |
| 98 |
The Favourite
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2018 | $95.9M | $15.0M | $80.9M | 6.39x | Waypoint Entertainment |
| 99 |
The Flowers of War
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2011 | $95.3M | $94.0M | $1.3M | 1.01x | New Picture Company |
| 100 |
Chhaava
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2025 | $95.0M | $15.8M | $79.2M | 6.01x | Maddock Films |
| 101 |
Prisoner of War
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2025 | $94.7M | $2.0M | $92.7M | 47.35x | Brand In Motion |
| 102 |
Ben-Hur
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2016 | $94.1M | $100.0M | -$5.9M | 0.94x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| 103 |
In the Heart of the Sea
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2015 | $93.9M | $100.0M | -$6.1M | 0.94x | Imagine Entertainment |
| 104 |
BlacKkKlansman
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2018 | $93.4M | $15.0M | $78.4M | 6.23x | Legendary Pictures |
| 105 |
Downfall
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2004 | $92.2M | $16.0M | $76.2M | 5.76x | Ndr |
| 106 |
Air
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2023 | $90.1M | $80.0M | $10.1M | 1.13x | Amazon Studios |
| 107 |
Amadeus
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1984 | $90.0M | $18.0M | $72.0M | 5.00x | The Saul Zaentz Company |
| 108 |
Patton
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1970 | $89.8M | $12.0M | $77.8M | 7.48x | 20th Century Fox |
| 109 |
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
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2025 | $89.4M | — | — | — | Lian Ray Pictures |
| 110 |
The Lychee Road
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No budget
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2025 | $86.7M | — | — | — | 联瑞(上海)影业有限公司 |
| 111 |
David
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2025 | $85.9M | $60.9M | $25.0M | 1.41x | Sunrise Productions |
| 112 |
Das Boot
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1981 | $85.0M | $14.0M | $71.0M | 6.07x | Radiant Film |
| 113 |
J. Edgar
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2011 | $84.6M | $35.0M | $49.6M | 2.42x | Imagine Entertainment |
| 114 |
The Volunteers: Peace at Last
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2025 | $83.5M | — | — | — | August 1St Film Studio 八一电影制片厂 (A1 Fs) |
| 115 |
Elizabeth
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1998 | $82.2M | $30.0M | $52.2M | 2.74x | Poly Gram Filmed Entertainment |
| 116 |
A Taxi Driver
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2017 | $81.9M | $12.8M | $69.1M | 6.39x | The Lamp |
| 117 |
Padmaavat
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2018 | $81.7M | $31.0M | $50.7M | 2.63x | Bhansali Productions |
| 118 |
Finding Forrester
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2000 | $80.1M | $43.0M | $37.1M | 1.86x | Laurence Mark Productions |
| 119 |
The Other Boleyn Girl
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2008 | $78.3M | $35.0M | $43.3M | 2.24x | Universal Pictures |
| 120 |
Gandhi
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1982 | $77.7M | $22.0M | $55.7M | 3.53x | Goldcrest |
The History chart includes indexed movie records that currently carry the History genre label and available worldwide box office data.
Genre pages can change when movie metadata is enriched, corrected or remapped from external data sources.
Yes. Genre movie lists are sorted by reported worldwide gross by default, with budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI shown where available.