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	$61,680,802
2	The Pianist	Drama	R	$32,376,125	5,369,175	$38,550,677
3	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$18,076,799	2,997,811	$21,524,283
4	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,352,556	2,711,867	$19,471,205
5	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$15,283,482	2,534,574	$18,198,241
6	Winged Migration	Documentary	G	$10,762,178	1,784,772	$12,814,663
7	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,707,563	1,278,203	$9,177,498
8	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$6,372,215	1,056,752	$7,587,479
9	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$6,883,617
10	Spellbound (2003)	Documentary	G	$5,728,431	949,989	$6,820,921
11	Frida	Drama	R	$5,579,078	925,220	$6,643,080
12	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,374,388	725,437	$5,208,638
13	Step Into Liquid	Documentary	PG	$3,672,451	609,030	$4,372,835
14	Capturing the Friedmans	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,117,985	517,079	$3,712,627
15	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,506,481
16	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,874,005	310,780	$2,231,400
17	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$1,869,320
18	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,550,600
19	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,257,512
20	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$853,300	141,509	$1,016,035
21	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$870,869
22	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$866,518
23	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$682,483	113,181	$812,640
24	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$620,689	102,933	$739,059
25	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$700,115
26	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$545,153	90,407	$649,122
27	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$500,877	83,064	$596,400
28	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$482,900	80,083	$574,996
29	Monster	Drama	R	$455,848	75,597	$542,786
30	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Documentary	PG-13	$398,981	66,166	$475,072
31	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,051	64,851	$465,630
32	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$381,486	63,265	$454,243
33	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Documentary	PG	$376,886	62,502	$448,764
34	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$375,249	62,230	$446,811
35	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$366,039	60,703	$435,848
36	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$276,427	45,842	$329,146
37	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$271,237	44,981	$322,964
38	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$270,782	44,906	$322,425
39	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$305,387
40	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$175,600	29,121	$209,089
41	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$199,252
42	Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,621	26,637	$191,254
43	Billabong Odyssey	Documentary	PG	$155,500	25,788	$185,158
44	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$121,923	20,219	$145,172
45	Fellini: I�m a Born Liar (Fellini: Sono un Gran Bugiardo)	Documentary	Not Rated	$106,080	17,592	$126,311
46	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$115,555
47	Only the Strong Survive	Documentary	PG-13	$57,322	9,506	$68,253
48	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$41,098
49	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,767	4,771	$34,256
50	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$16,804	2,787	$20,011
51	7th Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,629	2,592	$18,611
52	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,171	2,516	$18,065
53	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$14,331
54	Cinemania	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,305	1,875	$13,463
55	The Backyard	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,200	531	$3,813
56	The Ballad of Bering Strait	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,440	239	$1,716
Total Gross of All Movies				$205,626,452
Total Tickets Sold					34,100,573
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$244,842,114

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.