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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
See our Based on Real Life Events Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Real Life Events movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Chang jin hu | $909,596,236 | $333,214 | $909,263,022 |
| 2 | 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $879,088,897 | $216,303,339 | $662,785,558 |
| 3 | 2022 | Chang Jin Hu Zhi Shui Men Qiao (长津湖之水门桥)… | $602,986,104 | $602,986,104 | |
| 4 | 2019 | Wo he wo de zu guo | $474,488,019 | $2,323,409 | $472,164,610 |
| 5 | 2020 | Ba bai | $472,648,086 | $472,648,086 | |
| 6 | 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $449,239,853 | $198,539,855 | $250,699,998 |
| 7 | 2019 | Zhongguo jizhang | $433,168,672 | $706,572 | $432,462,100 |
| 8 | 2017 | The Greatest Showman | $429,054,204 | $174,340,174 | $254,714,030 |
| 9 | 2019 | Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood | $377,426,903 | $142,502,728 | $234,924,175 |
| 10 | 1995 | Pocahontas | $347,100,000 | $141,579,773 | $205,520,227 |
| 11 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | $322,197,130 | $96,898,818 | $225,298,312 |
| 12 | 2018 | Green Book | $319,995,019 | $85,080,171 | $234,914,848 |
| 13 | 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $307,311,093 | $162,586,036 | $144,725,057 |
| 14 | 2016 | Dangal | $305,149,461 | $12,391,761 | $292,757,700 |
| 15 | 2022 | Elvis | $279,938,634 | $151,416,153 | $128,522,481 |
| 16 | 2023 | TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR | $261,413,059 | $180,760,722 | $80,652,337 |
| 17 | 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $261,183,588 | $72,091,016 | $189,092,572 |
| 18 | 2013 | American Hustle | $257,858,943 | $150,098,456 | $107,760,487 |
| 19 | 2000 | Erin Brockovich | $257,805,243 | $125,548,685 | $132,256,558 |
| 20 | 2023 | Sound of Freedom | $250,731,818 | $184,178,046 | $66,553,772 |
| 21 | 2019 | Lie huo ying xiong | $245,179,530 | $290,217 | $244,889,313 |
| 22 | 1984 | Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets | $239,000,000 | $52,800,000 | $186,200,000 |
| 23 | 2022 | Wàn Lǐ Guī Tú (万里归途) | $236,085,820 | $236,085,820 | |
| 24 | 2010 | The Social Network | $224,922,135 | $96,962,694 | $127,959,441 |
| 25 | 2015 | Everest | $221,297,061 | $43,482,270 | $177,814,791 |
| 26 | 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | $221,148,959 | $119,114,517 | $102,034,442 |
| 27 | 2013 | Captain Phillips | $220,648,184 | $107,136,417 | $113,511,767 |
| 28 | 2004 | The Terminal | $218,673,959 | $77,073,959 | $141,600,000 |
| 29 | 2023 | Napoleon | $217,917,156 | $61,524,375 | $156,392,781 |
| 30 | 1995 | Braveheart | $209,045,244 | $75,545,647 | $133,499,597 |
| 31 | 2004 | The Aviator | $208,370,892 | $102,608,827 | $105,762,065 |
| 32 | 2008 | Valkyrie | $203,932,174 | $83,107,829 | $120,824,345 |
| 33 | 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | $202,182,981 | $161,197,785 | $40,985,196 |
| 34 | 1998 | Patch Adams | $202,173,000 | $135,014,968 | $67,158,032 |
| 35 | 2012 | The Vow | $197,618,160 | $125,014,030 | $72,604,130 |
| 36 | 2019 | Yip Man 4 | $192,617,891 | $3,956,031 | $188,661,860 |
| 37 | 2019 | Rocketman | $190,995,193 | $96,368,160 | $94,627,033 |
| 38 | 2005 | Walk the Line | $187,707,495 | $119,519,402 | $68,188,093 |
| 39 | 2017 | The Post | $179,769,457 | $81,903,458 | $97,865,999 |
| 40 | 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | $177,025,498 | $116,632,095 | $60,393,403 |
| 41 | 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love | $176,694,991 | $96,676,439 | $80,018,552 |
| 42 | 2016 | Operation Mekong | $174,279,252 | $800,012 | $173,479,240 |
| 43 | 2019 | Pan Deng Zhe | $174,008,804 | $487,157 | $173,521,647 |
| 44 | 2012 | The Impossible | $169,590,606 | $19,019,882 | $150,570,724 |
| 45 | 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | $169,023,926 | $67,209,615 | $101,814,311 |
| 46 | 2004 | Alexander | $167,297,191 | $34,297,191 | $133,000,000 |
| 47 | 2010 | Unstoppable | $165,720,921 | $81,562,942 | $84,157,979 |
| 48 | 2006 | World Trade Center | $163,295,654 | $70,278,893 | $93,016,761 |
| 49 | 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $160,903,019 | $102,003,019 | $58,900,000 |
| 50 | 2015 | Yip Man 3 | $157,300,954 | $2,679,437 | $154,621,517 |
| 51 | 1993 | Cool Runnings | $155,008,909 | $68,856,263 | $86,152,646 |
| 52 | 2005 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose | $144,529,078 | $75,072,454 | $69,456,624 |
| 53 | 2000 | Remember the Titans | $136,771,683 | $115,719,751 | $21,051,932 |
| 54 | 2017 | American Made | $135,569,212 | $51,342,000 | $84,227,212 |
| 55 | 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | $134,612,435 | $95,720,716 | $38,891,719 |
| 56 | 2014 | Myeong-ryang | $133,450,917 | $2,830,989 | $130,619,928 |
| 57 | 2005 | La marche de l'empereur | $133,276,359 | $77,437,223 | $55,839,136 |
| 58 | 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | $131,445,884 | $37,945,884 | $93,500,000 |
| 59 | 2010 | The Fighter | $129,262,388 | $93,617,009 | $35,645,379 |
| 60 | 2006 | The Queen | $128,885,873 | $56,441,711 | $72,444,162 |
| 61 | 1998 | Everest | $127,990,128 | $87,178,599 | $40,811,529 |
| 62 | 1982 | Gandhi | $127,767,889 | $52,767,889 | $75,000,000 |
| 63 | 2019 | Midway | $126,815,030 | $56,846,802 | $69,968,228 |
| 64 | 2002 | Space Station | $126,513,186 | $93,231,060 | $33,282,126 |
| 65 | 2004 | Ray | $124,823,094 | $75,305,995 | $49,517,099 |
| 66 | 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | $122,359,309 | $61,433,527 | $60,925,782 |
| 67 | 2009 | Red Cliff | $119,627,047 | $627,047 | $119,000,000 |
| 68 | 2023 | Volunteer Soldiers Attack (志愿军：雄兵出击)… | $119,507,385 | $119,507,385 | |
| 69 | 2023 | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story | $117,862,107 | $44,428,554 | $73,433,553 |
| 70 | 2012 | The Iron Lady | $115,592,104 | $29,959,436 | $85,632,668 |
| 71 | 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | $114,962,525 | $83,299,761 | $31,662,764 |
| 72 | 2000 | Coyote Ugly | $113,916,474 | $60,786,269 | $53,130,205 |
| 73 | 2011 | Sanctum | $108,957,098 | $23,209,310 | $85,747,788 |
| 74 | 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | $105,687,903 | $63,909,721 | $41,778,182 |
| 75 | 2005 | Cinderella Man | $105,021,488 | $61,649,911 | $43,371,577 |
| 76 | 2015 | Joy | $101,134,059 | $56,451,232 | $44,682,827 |
| 77 | 2006 | The Good Shepherd | $100,378,271 | $59,908,565 | $40,469,706 |
| 78 | 2011 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | $99,034,125 | $73,013,910 | $26,020,215 |
| 79 | 2013 | Rush | $98,159,204 | $26,947,624 | $71,211,580 |
| 80 | 2013 | 42 | $97,470,701 | $95,020,213 | $2,450,488 |
| 81 | 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | $96,971,293 | $51,396,781 | $45,574,512 |
| 82 | 2011 | Dolphin Tale | $96,068,724 | $72,286,779 | $23,781,945 |
| 83 | 2018 | The Favourite | $95,829,459 | $34,366,783 | $61,462,676 |
| 84 | 2022 | The Woman King | $94,374,749 | $67,328,130 | $27,046,619 |
| 85 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $93,074,616 | $31,011,616 | $62,063,000 |
| 86 | 2015 | Spotlight | $91,902,438 | $45,055,776 | $46,846,662 |
| 87 | 1998 | Mysteries of Egypt | $90,000,000 | $40,593,286 | $49,406,714 |
| 88 | 2023 | Cocaine Bear | $89,966,573 | $64,670,240 | $25,296,333 |
| 89 | 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | $89,693,309 | $25,020,758 | $64,672,551 |
| 90 | 2023 | AIR | $89,198,083 | $52,460,106 | $36,737,977 |
| 91 | 2007 | La Môme | $88,611,837 | $10,299,782 | $78,312,055 |
| 92 | 2001 | Ali | $87,683,966 | $58,183,966 | $29,500,000 |
| 93 | 2017 | Taeksi Woonjunsa | $87,069,724 | $1,527,829 | $85,541,895 |
| 94 | 2010 | Oceans | $86,787,530 | $19,422,319 | $67,365,211 |
| 95 | 2011 | J. Edgar | $84,606,030 | $37,306,030 | $47,300,000 |
| 96 | 1995 | Dead Man Walking | $83,088,295 | $39,387,284 | $43,701,011 |
| 97 | 2000 | Men of Honor | $82,339,483 | $48,814,909 | $33,524,574 |
| 98 | 1998 | Elizabeth | $82,150,642 | $30,082,699 | $52,067,943 |
| 99 | 2013 | Pain & Gain | $81,275,291 | $49,875,291 | $31,400,000 |
| 100 | 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $78,758,522 | $55,389,516 | $23,369,006 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.