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Friday, September 5, 2008

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 35,139,797 $241,761,803
2 Enemy at the Gates Drama R $51,396,781 9,096,775 $62,585,812
3 Ali Drama R $40,051,763 7,088,808 $48,770,999
4 Thirteen Days Drama PG-13 $34,229,974 6,058,402 $41,681,806
5 Riding in Cars with Boys Drama PG-13 $29,781,453 5,271,054 $36,264,852
6 Pollock Drama R $8,552,670 1,513,747 $10,414,579
7 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure Documentary Not Rated $6,443,686 1,140,475 $7,846,468
8 Michael Jordan to the MAX Documentary Not Rated $4,293,965 759,994 $5,228,759
9 Galapagos Documentary Not Rated $3,450,715 610,746 $4,201,932
10 The Widow of St. Pierre Drama R $3,058,380 541,306 $3,724,185
11 The Dish Comedy PG-13 $2,252,970 398,756 $2,743,441
12 Remember the Titans Drama PG $1,908,711 337,825 $2,324,236
13 Island of the Sharks Documentary Not Rated $1,626,777 287,925 $1,980,924
14 N'sync: Bigger than Live Concert/Performance Not Rated $1,568,695 277,645 $1,910,198
15 Men of Honor Drama R $1,302,451 230,522 $1,585,991
16 Startup.com Documentary R $1,280,975 226,721 $1,559,840
17 The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition Documentary G $1,272,156 225,160 $1,549,101
18 Extreme Documentary Not Rated $1,258,235 222,696 $1,532,148
19 All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! Concert/Performance Not Rated $995,122 176,128 $1,211,761
20 Encounter in the Third Dimension Drama Not Rated $986,047 174,522 $1,200,711
21 Lumumba Drama Not Rated $685,082 121,253 $834,221
22 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Documentary G $541,026 95,757 $658,808
23 Bride of the Wind Drama R $419,414 74,233 $510,723
24 Trembling Before G-D Documentary Not Rated $265,772 47,039 $323,628
25 Mysteries of Egypt Documentary Not Rated $210,300 37,221 $256,080
26 Calle 54 Documentary   $122,908 21,754 $149,668
27 Africa's Elephant Kingdom Documentary Not Rated $118,955 21,054 $144,852
28 Chop Suey Documentary   $76,902 13,611 $93,644
29 Goya in Bordeaux Drama R $26,969 4,773 $32,838
30 The Girl Next Door Documentary R $16,221 2,871 $19,752
31 Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible Documentary PG $15,953 2,824 $19,429
32 The Art of Amália Documentary   $12,164 2,153 $14,813
33 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack Documentary PG-13 $10,325 1,827 $12,570
34 Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope Documentary   $8,285 1,466 $10,086
35 Benjamin Smoke Documentary   $578 102 $702
Total Gross of All Movies$396,782,235
Total Tickets Sold70,226,942
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$483,161,361

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.