Summary

Bob Marley: One Love
is dominating the box office, surpassing $100 million globally.
The film also secured the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office for the second week in a row.
It is only the third 2024 movie to pass the $100 million milestone worldwide.

Bob Marley: One Love has continued its dominance at the box office, hitting a huge milestone. The biopic stars Kingsley Ben-Adir in the titular role as the iconic reggae musician and was co-written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. The movie, which also stars Lashana Lynch and James Norton, opened at No. 1 over Valentine’s weekend, besting the weekend’s other new title, the blockbuster superhero flop Madame Web.

Per Deadline, the Bob Marley: One Love release is set to take No. 1 at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row with a 3-day total of $13.95 million, bringing its cumulative domestic gross to $71.6 million. With an international take of $39.7 million, this pushes its global total well past the $100 million milestone. The movie is only the third 2024 title to cross that threshold, after The Beekeeper and Mean Girls.

How Bob Marley: One Love Compares To Other Biopic Hits

So far, the Bob Marley true story movie has not landed on the chart of the top 25 highest-grossing biopics of all time. Currently, the chart is topped by another recent runaway hit, 2023’s Oppenheimer, as the Christopher Nolan biographical thriller grossed a whopping $912.6 million worldwide. The chart, which also includes such titles as American Sniper ($547.4 million), The King’s Speech ($427.3 million), and The Wolf of Wall Street ($392 million), currently bottoms out with 12 Years a Slave ($187.7 million).

It remains to be seen if the Bob Marley: One Love biopic can climb high enough to enter that chart. However, it is already the seventh highest-grossing music biopic of all time. While that chart is topped by the outlier Bohemian Rhapsody with its gross of over $900 million, the rest of the titles all range between $100 million and $300 million. Every single one of them has also been nominated for Oscars, which could mean the new movie has a strong awards future. Below, check out how One Love compares to the highest-grossing music biopics:

Title Worldwide Box Office Oscar Performance Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) $910.8 million 5 nominations, 4 wins Elvis (2022) $288.7 million 8 nominations Straight Outta Compton (2015) $201.6 million 1 nomination Rocketman (2019) $195.3 million 1 nomination, 1 win Walk the Line (2005) $186.79 million 5 nominations, 1 win Ray (2004) $123.97 million 6 nominations, 2 wins Bob Marley: One Love (2024) $100 million+ TBD

Bob Marley: One Love will likely continue to climb up the chart in the coming weeks. It will have its chance at another No. 1 weekend before subsequently being decimated by the impending March 1 release of the blockbuster sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two. However, it will almost certainly pass Ray on the chart to quickly become the sixth highest-grossing music biopic of all time, and could potentially outgross Walk the Line and Rocketman if its shows strong audience hold in the coming weeks.

Source: Deadline

Bob Marley: One Love Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Bob Marley: One Love is a biographical music-drama that explores the life of Bob Marley, as portrayed by Kingsley Ben-Adir. The film highlights the ups and downs of Marley’s life and career until his untimely death in 1981.Director Reinaldo Marcus Green Release Date February 14, 2024 Studio(s) Tuff Gong Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures Writers Zach Baylin , Frank E. Flowers , Terence Winter Cast Kingsley Ben-Adir