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	$119,078,393	19,175,265	$151,292,841
2	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$97,871,931
3	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$90,984,103
4	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$81,785,610
5	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$43,212,749
6	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$43,198,452
7	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$40,074,328
8	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,608,110	$28,467,988
9	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$19,558,397	3,149,500	$24,849,555
10	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$19,978,979
11	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$16,945,456
12	Super Size Me	Documentary	PG-13	$11,529,368	1,856,581	$14,648,424
13	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,091,903	1,625,105	$12,822,078
14	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598,551	1,545,660	$12,195,257
15	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,528,407	1,534,365	$12,106,140
16	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,065,318	1,137,732	$8,976,705
17	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$8,556,168
18	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$7,472,635
19	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,581,222	737,717	$5,820,587
20	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$3,917,516	630,840	$4,977,328
21	Control Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,586,511	416,507	$3,286,240
22	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,382,942	383,727	$3,027,606
23	Riding Giants	Documentary	PG-13	$2,276,368	366,565	$2,892,198
24	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,436,566
25	The Corporation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,879,301	302,625	$2,387,711
26	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,255,562
27	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$1,322,679	212,992	$1,680,507
28	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,222,708	196,893	$1,553,486
29	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,489,498
30	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,449,953
31	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,359	$925,963
32	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,752	$779,153
33	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$478,112	76,991	$607,459
34	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$604,674
35	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$589,186
36	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Documentary	Not Rated	$405,900	65,362	$515,706
37	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,362	63,665	$502,317
38	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,950	63,116	$497,985
39	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$341,493	54,991	$433,879
40	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$420,237
41	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary	Not Rated	$314,000	50,564	$398,950
42	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,150	$395,684
43	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$305,814	49,245	$388,543
44	Mayor of Sunset Strip	Documentary	Not Rated	$257,315	41,436	$326,930
45	This Old Cub	Documentary	Not Rated	$253,531	40,826	$322,117
46	The Agronomist	Documentary	PG-13	$226,189	36,423	$287,377
47	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$202,592	32,624	$257,403
48	Imelda	Documentary	Not Rated	$200,752	32,327	$255,060
49	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	32,041	$252,803
50	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$244,866
51	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Documentary	Not Rated	$190,424	30,664	$241,939
52	Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	Not Rated	$182,839	29,443	$232,305
53	Bush's Brain	Documentary	PG-13	$176,610	28,440	$224,392
54	The Five Obstructions	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,966	24,310	$191,806
55	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$181,020
56	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$136,367	21,959	$173,257
57	Dig	Documentary	Not Rated	$127,067	20,462	$161,445
58	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,230	18,717	$147,677
59	In the Face of Evil	Documentary	PG-13	$110,577	17,806	$140,489
60	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$130,800
61	Yves St. Laurent	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,092	15,635	$123,360
62	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$94,848	15,273	$120,504
63	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,847	$109,253
64	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,590	$99,335
65	Word Wars	Documentary	Not Rated	$76,481	12,316	$97,173
66	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$72,933	11,744	$92,660
67	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,465	11,347	$89,528
68	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,084	11,125	$87,776
69	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,755	10,267	$81,007
70	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,473	10,060	$79,373
71	Voices From Iraq	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,102	9,195	$72,549
72	Divan	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,214	9,052	$71,420
73	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$70,205
74	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,864	$69,937
75	Hiding and Seeking	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,091	8,227	$64,911
76	Ônibus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,861	$62,023
77	This So-Called Disaster	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,195	7,278	$57,423
78	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$42,311	6,813	$53,755
79	Power Trip	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,593	6,215	$49,036
80	Tying the Knot	Documentary	Not Rated	$37,464	6,033	$47,600
81	Incident at Loch Ness	Documentary	PG-13	$36,830	5,931	$46,796
82	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Documentary	PG-13	$36,412	5,863	$46,259
83	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$42,085
84	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,944	4,017	$31,694
85	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,841	3,517	$27,749
86	S-21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,678	3,491	$27,544
87	Orwell Rolls in His Grave	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,257	3,101	$24,467
88	People Say I'm Crazy	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,679	2,525	$19,922
89	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$18,029
90	A Letter to True	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,835	2,228	$17,579
91	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$14,494
92	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,255	1,812	$14,297
93	Let's Get Frank	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,385	1,511	$11,922
94	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,060	1,459	$11,512
95	I'll Sing for You	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,798	1,417	$11,180
96	With All Deliberate Speed	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,920	792	$6,249
97	Brothers in Arms	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,270	527	$4,158
98	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,230	520	$4,103
99	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,668	430	$3,393
100	Moog	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,227	359	$2,833
101	Still, the Children are Here	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,210	356	$2,809
102	Saints and Sinners	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,167	349	$2,754
103	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,326
104	Jesus, You Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$604	97	$765
105	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$387
Total Gross of All Movies				$599,372,201
Total Tickets Sold					96,517,262
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$761,521,197

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.