Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2005

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2005 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Walk the Line	Drama	PG-13	$91,742,439	14,312,393	$98,469,264
2	March of the Penguins	Documentary	G	$77,437,223	12,080,690	$83,115,147
3	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$80,576,984
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$76,278,312
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,911	9,617,771	$66,170,264
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,849,677	5,124,755	$35,258,314
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,577,034	3,678,164	$25,305,768
8	North Country	Drama	R	$18,262,201	2,849,017	$19,601,237
9	Munich	Drama	R	$14,270,545	2,226,294	$15,316,903
10	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$12,156,570	1,896,501	$13,047,927
11	Domino	Action	R	$10,169,202	1,586,459	$10,914,838
12	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,154,655	1,272,177	$8,752,578
13	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,117,961	1,266,453	$8,713,197
14	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,015,995	1,250,545	$8,603,750
15	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,538,256	1,176,015	$8,090,983
16	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$7,145,706
17	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,370	992,413	$6,827,801
18	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,006,150	936,997	$6,446,539
19	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$5,905,359
20	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,136,777	801,369	$5,513,419
21	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,536,988
22	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,071,700	635,211	$4,370,252
23	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$3,965,852
24	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,735,517
25	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,375,072	526,532	$3,622,540
26	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$3,519,010
27	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,178,403	495,851	$3,411,455
28	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,264,608
29	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$2,960,168
30	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,099,989	327,611	$2,253,964
31	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,137,884
32	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,086,401
33	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,531,154	238,870	$1,643,426
34	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,158,578
35	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,107,102
36	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$945,269	147,468	$1,014,580
37	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,008,236
38	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$912,880
39	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$912,212
40	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$793,924
41	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$691,880	107,938	$742,613
42	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$653,521	101,953	$701,437
43	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$686,913
44	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$652,045
45	Madison	Drama	PG	$517,262	80,696	$555,188
46	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$523,252
47	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$451,123	70,378	$484,201
48	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$368,410
49	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$335,028
50	Alexander	Adventure	R	$296,887	46,316	$318,654
51	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$263,869
52	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,621	33,326	$229,283
53	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$224,990
54	Modigliani	Drama	R	$208,507	32,528	$223,793
55	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$181,041	28,244	$194,319
56	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$188,966
57	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,249	26,404	$181,660
58	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$173,273
59	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$143,262
60	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$139,375
61	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$133,837
62	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$129,461
63	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$123,689
64	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$122,251
65	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$122,079
66	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$104,769
67	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$91,903
68	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$86,894
69	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$79,657
70	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$78,232
71	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	Not Rated	$68,249	10,647	$73,251
72	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$69,990
73	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary		$62,109	9,689	$66,660
74	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$62,512
75	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$47,542	7,417	$51,029
76	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,296	7,222	$49,687
77	Raging Bull	Drama		$45,250	7,059	$48,566
78	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$47,692
79	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$44,507
80	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$43,557
81	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$39,075	6,096	$41,940
82	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,757	5,890	$40,523
83	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$38,645
84	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$37,241
85	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$37,042
86	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$31,903
87	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$30,595
88	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$27,988
89	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$27,334
90	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$25,305
91	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$21,429	3,343	$23,000
92	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$22,222
93	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,117	3,138	$21,589
94	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$19,670
95	Genesis	Documentary	G	$16,413	2,561	$17,620
96	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$16,801
97	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$16,643
98	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$16,546
99	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,931	2,173	$14,950
100	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary		$12,087	1,886	$12,976
101	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$9,724	1,517	$10,437
102	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$9,446
103	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$8,724
104	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$8,607
105	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$6,680
106	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$5,862
107	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$5,291
108	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$4,761
109	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,410	688	$4,733
110	Howard Zinn	Documentary		$4,020	627	$4,314
111	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,162
112	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,128
113	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,045
114	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,474
115	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,213
116	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,552
117	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$1,940
118	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary		$1,790	279	$1,920
119	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,135
120	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$378
Total Gross of All Movies				$603,776,335
Total Tickets Sold					94,192,872
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$648,046,959

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2005. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2005. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2004 will most likely earn money in 2004 and 2005. 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.