Jobs (2013)

Based On the Life of: Steve Jobs

Starring: Ashton Kutcher

Movie Budget: $30 million

Star Salary: $9 million

In life, Steve Jobs was a controversial figure with an equally-abrasive leadership style. The biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the tech genius, chronicling his life from 1974—when he was still a student at Reed College—up to 2001 when Apple launched the first iPod.

Distributed by Open Road Films, the movie grossed about $42.1 million at the box office, with $6.7 million of that coming from opening weekend. It was even selected by critics to close out the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, a major honor for newbie director Joshua Michael Stern.