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	$92,436,258	14,420,633	$113,778,794
2	La marche de l'empereur	Documentary	G	$77,413,017	12,076,914	$95,286,851
3	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$92,405,873
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$87,476,146
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$75,883,472
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$40,251,419
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$29,153,298
8	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$22,494,327
9	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$19,631,456
10	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$13,159,405	2,052,949	$16,197,768
11	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$14,810,840
12	Domino	Action	R	$10,137,232	1,581,471	$12,477,806
13	Sharks 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,500,000	1,326,053	$10,462,558
14	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,157,018	1,272,546	$10,040,388
15	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,045,515	1,255,151	$9,903,141
16	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,541,784	1,176,565	$9,283,098
17	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$8,194,712
18	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,592	992,448	$7,830,415
19	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,034,219	941,376	$7,427,457
20	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,772,279
21	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$6,433,135
22	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$6,312,150
23	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$5,203,029
24	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,064,421	634,075	$5,002,852
25	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,548,048
26	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$4,283,899
27	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,355,818	523,529	$4,130,644
28	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$4,035,609
29	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,174,085	495,177	$3,906,947
30	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,743,860
31	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$3,394,728
32	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,451,731
33	Mar adentro	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,392,690
34	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,523,883	237,735	$1,875,729
35	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,328,660
36	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,269,627
37	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$946,520	147,663	$1,165,061
38	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,156,248
39	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$1,046,893
40	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$1,046,127
41	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$910,474
42	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$653,621	101,969	$804,535
43	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$790,854
44	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$787,753
45	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$747,767
46	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$626,356
47	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$600,066
48	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$455,413	71,047	$560,561
49	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$422,494
50	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$384,211
51	Alexander	Adventure	R	$293,467	45,783	$361,228
52	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$302,605
53	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$258,019
54	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$251,470
55	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$216,707
56	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$208,083
57	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$198,710
58	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$164,293
59	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$159,836
60	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$153,484
61	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$121,534	18,960	$149,594
62	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$148,466
63	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$141,846
64	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$140,197
65	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$140,000
66	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$120,149
67	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$105,395
68	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$99,651
69	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$91,350
70	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$89,717
71	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	R	$67,100	10,468	$82,593
72	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$80,265
73	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,597	9,766	$77,054
74	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$71,689
75	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$62,418
76	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$48,567	7,577	$59,783
77	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$56,634
78	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$55,696
79	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$54,693
80	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$51,040
81	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$49,952
82	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$38,580	6,019	$47,490
83	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$45,667
84	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$44,318
85	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$42,709
86	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$42,480
87	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$36,586
88	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,128	4,544	$35,852
89	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$35,087
90	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$32,097
91	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$31,347
92	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$29,019
93	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$25,485
94	The Last Dispatch	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,684	3,227	$25,461
95	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$19,738	3,079	$24,293
96	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,561	3,052	$24,080
97	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$22,558
98	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$19,267
99	Genesis	Documentary	G	$15,586	2,432	$19,188
100	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$19,086
101	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$18,975
102	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,917	1,859	$14,668
103	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,907	1,702	$13,429
104	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$10,833
105	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$10,005
106	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$9,870
107	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$7,661
108	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$5,932	925	$7,298
109	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$6,722
110	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$6,067
111	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$5,460
112	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,020	627	$4,947
113	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,927	613	$4,837
114	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,773
115	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,734
116	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,639
117	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,984
118	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,685
119	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,927
120	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$2,225
121	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,312	205	$1,617
122	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,302
123	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$434
Total Gross of All Movies				$622,379,811
Total Tickets Sold					97,095,135
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$766,080,615

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.