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So did anyone else yell into their iPod, "What about Titanic?" when Alex said that historical bio picks haven't been that successful.

Good podcast by the way, clearly Titanic was an outlier I just thought it was worth mentioning.

titantic barely qualifies, imo. it's a drama with fictional characters. the titanic itself is just a backdrop.

Well, it's kind of relative to the film's budget. Walk the Line made 186 million world wide and cost 28 million to produce. Ray made 124 million with a budget of 40 million. And last year's Soul Surfer took in 44 million while the cost was just 18 million. If you look at the bio-pic genre overall, though none of them really make huge money. 2009's The Blind Side is probably the most successful and it's only "semi" biographical. Apollo 13 might count depending on how loose your definition of biography is.

It would be a biopic only if the ship would have been the main character and in the movie it is more like a background for a cheesy love story.

Titanic is a historical drama not a biopic.

try something like Ray,Walk the Line, maybe Braveheart though they did change somethings

If you count The King's Speech, then it made 400 million.

I didn't think that meant quick name a biopic that has made money. It meant that no one likes a history lesson at the movies.

Nobody went to see the Titanic for an accurately portrayed historical event based around a real life historical figure.

@RockinKemosabe said:

If you count The King's Speech, then it made 400 million.

I wouldn't. It depicts a certain time and events of that time, not the life of the king. It's more a period film.