Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Radio	Drama	PG	$51,801,566	8,590,641	$67,780,157
2	The Pianist	Drama	R	$32,376,125	5,369,175	$42,362,791
3	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$18,076,799	2,997,811	$23,652,729
4	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,352,556	2,711,867	$21,396,631
5	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$19,997,789
6	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$14,081,851
7	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,707,563	1,278,203	$10,085,022
8	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$6,372,215	1,056,752	$8,337,773
9	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$7,564,309
10	Spellbound	Documentary	G	$5,728,431	949,989	$7,495,413
11	Frida	Drama	R	$5,579,078	925,220	$7,299,986
12	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$5,723,698
13	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,672,451	609,030	$4,805,247
14	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$4,079,753
15	DysFunkTional Family	Documentary	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,950,576
16	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,754,336
17	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,452,054
18	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$2,054,169
19	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,703,932
20	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,381,862
21	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$853,300	141,509	$1,116,506
22	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$956,986
23	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$952,205
24	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$682,483	113,181	$892,998
25	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$812,141
26	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$769,346
27	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$713,311
28	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$655,375
29	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$631,855
30	Monster	Drama	R	$455,848	75,597	$596,460
31	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$522,050
32	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$511,674
33	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$381,486	63,265	$499,161
34	Im Toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekret�rin	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$493,141
35	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$490,995
36	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$478,947
37	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$361,693
38	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$271,237	44,981	$354,900
39	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$270,782	44,906	$354,308
40	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$335,585
41	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$175,600	29,121	$229,765
42	Ônibus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$218,955
43	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,621	26,637	$210,166
44	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$203,467
45	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$159,528
46	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,080	17,592	$138,801
47	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$126,982
48	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$75,002
49	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$45,162
50	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,767	4,771	$37,643
51	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$16,804	2,787	$21,989
52	7th Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,629	2,592	$20,451
53	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,171	2,516	$19,851
54	Hybrid	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,035	1,996	$15,748
55	Cinemania	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,305	1,875	$14,794
56	The Backyard	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,200	531	$4,190
57	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,440	239	$1,886
Total Gross of All Movies				$207,881,452
Total Tickets Sold					34,474,537
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$272,004,097

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. 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.