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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2001

RankMovieGenreMPAA2001 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Pearl Harbor Action PG-13 $198,539,855 35,077,713 $251,857,979
2 Enemy at the Gates Drama R $51,396,781 9,080,703 $65,199,448
3 Ali Drama R $40,051,763 7,076,283 $50,807,712
4 Thirteen Days Drama PG-13 $34,229,974 6,047,699 $43,422,479
5 Riding in Cars with Boys Drama PG-13 $29,781,453 5,261,741 $37,779,300
6 Pollock Drama R $8,552,670 1,511,072 $10,849,497
7 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Documentary Not Rated $6,443,686 1,138,460 $8,174,143
8 Michael Jordan to the MAX Documentary Not Rated $4,293,965 758,651 $5,447,114
9 Galapagos Documentary Not Rated $3,450,715 609,667 $4,377,409
10 The Widow of St. Pierre Drama R $3,058,380 540,350 $3,879,713
11 The Dish Comedy PG-13 $2,252,970 398,051 $2,858,006
12 Remember the Titans Drama PG $1,902,545 336,139 $2,413,478
13 Island of the Sharks Documentary Not Rated $1,626,777 287,416 $2,063,647
14 N'sync: Bigger than Live Concert/Performance Not Rated $1,568,695 277,155 $1,989,973
15 Men of Honor Drama R $1,302,451 230,115 $1,652,226
16 Startup.com Documentary R $1,280,975 226,321 $1,624,985
17 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition Documentary G $1,272,156 224,763 $1,613,798
18 Extreme Documentary Not Rated $1,258,235 222,303 $1,596,136
19 All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! Concert/Performance Not Rated $995,122 175,817 $1,262,366
20 Encounter in the Third Dimension Drama Not Rated $986,047 174,213 $1,250,849
21 Lumumba Drama Not Rated $684,121 120,869 $867,839
22 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Documentary G $541,026 95,588 $686,322
23 Bride of the Wind Drama R $419,414 74,101 $532,045
24 Trembling Before G-D Documentary Not Rated $265,772 46,956 $337,144
25 Calle 54 Documentary G $122,908 21,715 $155,914
26 Africa's Elephant Kingdom Documentary Not Rated $118,955 21,017 $150,902
27 Chop Suey Documentary Not Rated $76,902 13,587 $97,555
28 Goya in Bordeaux Drama R $23,806 4,206 $30,199
29 The Girl Next Door Documentary R $16,221 2,866 $20,578
30 Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible Documentary PG $15,953 2,819 $20,240
31 The Art of Amália Documentary Not Rated $12,164 2,149 $15,430
32 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack Documentary PG-13 $10,325 1,824 $13,096
33 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope Documentary Not Rated $8,285 1,464 $10,512
34 Benjamin Smoke Documentary Not Rated $578 102 $732
Total Gross of All Movies$396,561,645
Total Tickets Sold70,063,895
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$503,058,766

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.