Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2004

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2004 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Fahrenheit 9/11	Documentary	R	$119,114,517	19,150,244	$131,753,679
2	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,073,959	12,391,312	$85,252,227
3	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,513,033	$79,209,667
4	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,378,093	10,350,176	$71,209,211
5	Monster	Drama	R	$34,365,611	5,525,018	$38,012,124
6	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,466,287	$37,608,055
7	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,070,963	$34,888,225
8	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,602,309	$24,783,886
9	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$19,558,397	3,144,437	$21,633,727
10	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,528,119	$17,393,459
11	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,144,260	$14,752,509
12	Super Size Me	Documentary	PG-13	$11,529,368	1,853,596	$12,752,740
13	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,091,903	1,622,492	$11,162,745
14	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598,551	1,543,175	$10,617,044
15	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,528,407	1,531,898	$10,539,458
16	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,909,046	1,432,323	$9,854,382
17	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,760,025	1,247,592	$8,583,433
18	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,065,318	1,135,903	$7,815,013
19	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,082,688	$7,448,893
20	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	945,579	$6,505,584
21	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,593,598	738,521	$5,081,024
22	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$3,922,139	630,569	$4,338,315
23	Control Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,589,616	416,337	$2,864,399
24	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,456,483	394,933	$2,717,139
25	Riding Giants	Documentary	PG-13	$2,276,368	365,976	$2,517,915
26	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,321	$2,121,248
27	The Corporation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,879,301	302,138	$2,078,709
28	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,417	$1,963,669
29	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$1,322,679	212,649	$1,463,025
30	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,222,708	196,577	$1,352,450
31	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,174,079	188,759	$1,298,662
32	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,476	$1,262,315
33	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,171	$806,136
34	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,594	$678,327
35	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$478,112	76,867	$528,845
36	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,514	$526,416
37	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,555	$512,938
38	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Documentary	Not Rated	$405,900	65,257	$448,968
39	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	Documentary		$396,803	63,795	$438,910
40	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,950	63,014	$433,536
41	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$341,493	54,902	$377,726
42	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,177	$365,858
43	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary		$314,000	50,482	$347,316
44	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,069	$344,475
45	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$305,814	49,166	$338,262
46	Mayor of Sunset Strip	Documentary		$257,315	41,369	$284,619
47	This Old Cub	Documentary		$253,531	40,761	$280,436
48	The Agronomist	Documentary	PG-13	$226,189	36,365	$250,191
49	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$202,592	32,571	$224,088
50	Imelda	Documentary		$200,992	32,314	$222,320
51	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	31,990	$220,091
52	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	30,985	$213,177
53	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Documentary	Not Rated	$190,424	30,615	$210,631
54	Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary		$182,839	29,395	$202,238
55	Bush's Brain	Documentary	PG-13	$176,610	28,394	$195,351
56	The Five Obstructions	Documentary		$150,966	24,271	$166,984
57	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,906	$157,593
58	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$136,367	21,924	$150,837
59	Dig	Documentary	Not Rated	$127,067	20,429	$140,552
60	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$116,230	18,686	$128,560
61	In the Face of Evil	Documentary	PG-13	$110,577	17,778	$122,313
62	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,552	$113,878
63	Yves St. Laurent	Documentary		$97,092	15,610	$107,397
64	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$94,848	15,249	$104,913
65	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,825	$95,116
66	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,569	$86,475
67	Word Wars	Documentary		$76,481	12,296	$84,596
68	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$72,933	11,726	$80,675
69	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,465	11,329	$77,944
70	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,084	11,107	$76,416
71	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,755	10,250	$70,520
72	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,473	10,044	$69,103
73	Voices From Iraq	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,102	9,180	$63,158
74	Divan	Documentary		$56,214	9,038	$62,181
75	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,883	$61,115
76	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,850	$60,888
77	Hiding and Seeking	Documentary		$51,091	8,214	$56,512
78	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,849	$54,001
79	This So-Called Disaster	Documentary		$45,195	7,266	$49,990
80	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$42,311	6,802	$46,798
81	Power Trip	Documentary		$38,593	6,205	$42,690
82	Tying the Knot	Documentary	Not Rated	$37,464	6,023	$41,438
83	Incident at Loch Ness	Documentary	PG-13	$36,830	5,921	$40,736
84	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Documentary	PG-13	$36,412	5,854	$40,276
85	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,326	$36,643
86	Bonhoeffer	Documentary		$24,944	4,010	$27,589
87	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,841	3,511	$24,156
88	S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	Documentary		$21,678	3,485	$23,977
89	Orwell Rolls in His Grave	Documentary		$19,257	3,096	$21,300
90	People Say I'm Crazy	Documentary		$15,679	2,521	$17,344
91	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,281	$15,693
92	A Letter to True	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,835	2,224	$15,301
93	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,834	$12,618
94	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Documentary		$11,255	1,809	$12,446
95	Let's Get Frank	Documentary		$9,386	1,509	$10,382
96	Girlhood	Documentary		$9,060	1,457	$10,024
97	I'll Sing for You	Documentary		$8,798	1,414	$9,728
98	With All Deliberate Speed	Documentary		$4,920	791	$5,442
99	Saints and Sinners	Documentary		$3,826	615	$4,231
100	Brothers in Arms	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,270	526	$3,619
101	Venus Boyz	Documentary		$3,230	519	$3,571
102	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,668	429	$2,952
103	Moog	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,227	358	$2,463
104	Still, the Children are Here	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,210	355	$2,442
105	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,039	328	$2,257
106	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,156
107	Jesus, You Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$604	97	$667
108	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$337
Total Gross of All Movies				$616,580,805
Total Tickets Sold					99,128,747
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$682,005,779

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2004. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2004. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2003 will most likely earn money in 2003 and 2004. 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.