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	$137,678,403
2	The Terminal	Drama	PG-13	$77,032,279	12,404,554	$89,064,698
3	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$71,611,065	11,531,572	$82,796,687
4	The Miracle	Drama	PG	$64,371,181	10,365,730	$74,425,941
5	Monster	Drama	R	$34,011,553	5,476,901	$39,324,149
6	Alexander	Adventure	R	$34,000,304	5,475,089	$39,311,139
7	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$31,541,390	5,079,129	$36,468,146
8	The Alamo	Western	PG-13	$22,406,362	3,608,110	$25,906,230
9	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$19,558,397	3,149,500	$22,613,410
10	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$15,724,900	2,532,190	$18,181,124
11	De-Lovely	Drama	PG-13	$13,337,299	2,147,713	$15,420,579
12	Super Size Me	Documentary	PG-13	$11,529,368	1,856,581	$13,330,252
13	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,091,903	1,625,105	$11,668,254
14	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,598,551	1,545,660	$11,097,839
15	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,528,407	1,534,365	$11,016,741
16	To Be and To Have	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,065,318	1,137,732	$8,168,916
17	Kinsey	Drama	R	$6,734,321	1,084,432	$7,786,222
18	Against the Ropes	Drama	PG-13	$5,881,504	947,102	$6,800,192
19	Touching the Void	Documentary	R	$4,581,222	737,717	$5,296,808
20	The Fog of War	Documentary	PG-13	$3,917,516	630,840	$4,529,431
21	Control Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,586,511	416,507	$2,990,520
22	My Architect	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,382,942	383,727	$2,755,160
23	Riding Giants	Documentary	PG-13	$2,276,368	366,565	$2,631,937
24	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$1,917,756	308,817	$2,217,306
25	The Corporation	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,879,301	302,625	$2,172,848
26	Therese	Drama	PG	$1,775,292	285,876	$2,052,590
27	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$1,322,679	212,992	$1,529,283
28	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,222,708	196,893	$1,413,692
29	Festival Express	Concert/Performance	R	$1,172,345	188,783	$1,355,462
30	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$1,141,221	183,771	$1,319,476
31	Fade to Black	Documentary	R	$728,802	117,359	$842,638
32	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry	Documentary	PG-13	$613,252	98,752	$709,039
33	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$478,112	76,991	$552,795
34	Radio	Drama	PG	$475,919	76,638	$550,261
35	The Last Shot	Comedy	R	$463,730	74,675	$536,167
36	Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism	Documentary	Not Rated	$405,900	65,362	$469,299
37	Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,362	63,665	$457,115
38	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Documentary	Not Rated	$391,950	63,116	$453,173
39	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$341,493	54,991	$394,835
40	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$330,760	53,262	$382,421
41	America's Heart and Soul	Documentary	Not Rated	$314,000	50,564	$363,050
42	Bukowski: Born Into This	Documentary	R	$311,431	50,150	$360,077
43	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$305,814	49,245	$353,579
44	Mayor of Sunset Strip	Documentary	Not Rated	$257,315	41,436	$297,510
45	This Old Cub	Documentary	Not Rated	$253,531	40,826	$293,131
46	The Agronomist	Documentary	PG-13	$226,189	36,423	$261,517
47	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Documentary	Not Rated	$202,592	32,624	$234,240
48	Imelda	Documentary	Not Rated	$200,752	32,327	$232,108
49	Yes Men	Documentary	R	$198,975	32,041	$230,054
50	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$192,727	31,035	$222,831
51	Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War	Documentary	Not Rated	$190,424	30,664	$220,168
52	Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	Not Rated	$182,839	29,443	$211,401
53	Bush's Brain	Documentary	PG-13	$176,610	28,440	$204,199
54	The Five Obstructions	Documentary	Not Rated	$150,966	24,310	$174,546
55	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$142,474	22,943	$164,731
56	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$136,367	21,959	$157,666
57	Dig	Documentary	Not Rated	$127,067	20,462	$146,917
58	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$116,230	18,717	$134,388
59	In the Face of Evil	Documentary	PG-13	$110,577	17,806	$127,847
60	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$102,951	16,578	$119,030
61	Yves St. Laurent	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,092	15,635	$112,259
62	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$94,848	15,273	$109,660
63	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Documentary	R	$85,992	13,847	$99,421
64	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$78,181	12,590	$90,396
65	Word Wars	Documentary	Not Rated	$76,481	12,316	$88,429
66	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$72,933	11,744	$84,322
67	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$70,465	11,347	$81,471
68	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,084	11,125	$79,878
69	Weather Underground	Documentary	Not Rated	$63,755	10,267	$73,717
70	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,473	10,060	$72,231
71	Voices From Iraq	Documentary	Not Rated	$57,102	9,195	$66,020
72	Divan	Documentary	Not Rated	$56,214	9,052	$64,993
73	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$55,255	8,898	$63,888
74	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$55,045	8,864	$63,644
75	Hiding and Seeking	Documentary	Not Rated	$51,091	8,227	$59,070
76	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$48,818	7,861	$56,442
77	This So-Called Disaster	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,195	7,278	$52,256
78	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$42,311	6,813	$48,917
79	Power Trip	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,593	6,215	$44,624
80	Tying the Knot	Documentary	Not Rated	$37,464	6,033	$43,317
81	Incident at Loch Ness	Documentary	PG-13	$36,830	5,931	$42,585
82	Beyond the Gates of Splendor	Documentary	PG-13	$36,412	5,863	$42,096
83	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$33,125	5,334	$38,298
84	Bonhoeffer	Documentary	Not Rated	$24,944	4,017	$28,842
85	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,841	3,517	$25,252
86	S21: The Khmer Rouge Death Machine	Documentary	Not Rated	$21,678	3,491	$25,065
87	Orwell Rolls in His Grave	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,257	3,101	$22,265
88	People Say I'm Crazy	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,679	2,525	$18,130
89	Crutch	Drama	Not Rated	$14,189	2,285	$16,406
90	A Letter to True	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,835	2,228	$15,997
91	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$11,410	1,837	$13,190
92	Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,255	1,812	$13,010
93	Let's Get Frank	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,385	1,511	$10,849
94	Girlhood	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,060	1,459	$10,476
95	I'll Sing for You	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,798	1,417	$10,174
96	With All Deliberate Speed	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,920	792	$5,687
97	Brothers in Arms	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,270	527	$3,784
98	Venus Boyz	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,230	520	$3,734
99	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,668	430	$3,087
100	Moog	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,227	359	$2,578
101	Still, the Children are Here	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,210	356	$2,556
102	Saints and Sinners	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,167	349	$2,506
103	Shwaas	Drama	Not Rated	$1,042	168	$1,206
104	Jesus, You Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$604	97	$696
105	The Hillside Strangler	Horror	R	$306	49	$352
Total Gross of All Movies				$599,372,201
Total Tickets Sold					96,517,262
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$692,993,941

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.