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	$103,540,145
2	March of the Penguins	Documentary	G	$77,413,017	12,076,914	$86,712,243
3	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$75,072,454	11,711,771	$84,090,516
4	The Aviator	Drama	PG-13	$71,067,437	11,086,964	$79,604,402
5	Cinderella Man	Drama	PG-13	$61,649,308	9,617,677	$69,054,921
6	Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story	Drama	PG	$32,701,088	5,101,574	$36,629,301
7	Good Night and Good Luck	Drama	PG	$23,684,743	3,694,968	$26,529,870
8	North Country	Drama	R	$18,274,861	2,850,992	$20,470,123
9	Munich	Drama	R	$15,949,005	2,488,144	$17,864,874
10	Wolf Creek	Horror	R	$13,159,405	2,052,949	$14,740,174
11	Capote	Drama	R	$12,032,633	1,877,166	$13,478,052
12	Domino	Action	R	$10,137,232	1,581,471	$11,354,962
13	Sharks 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,500,000	1,326,053	$9,521,061
14	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,157,018	1,272,546	$9,136,880
15	Mad Hot Ballroom	Documentary	PG	$8,045,515	1,255,151	$9,011,984
16	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$7,541,784	1,176,565	$8,447,737
17	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,657,557	1,038,620	$7,457,292
18	The Aristocrats	Comedy	Not Rated	$6,361,592	992,448	$7,125,777
19	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,034,219	941,376	$6,759,080
20	Downfall	Drama	R	$5,501,940	858,337	$6,162,860
21	The Squid and the Whale	Drama	R	$5,226,413	815,353	$5,854,235
22	The World's Fastest Indian	Drama	PG-13	$5,128,124	800,019	$5,744,136
23	Beyond the Sea	Drama	PG-13	$4,227,050	659,446	$4,734,822
24	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,064,421	634,075	$4,552,659
25	Ray	Drama	PG-13	$3,694,930	576,432	$4,138,782
26	Kinsey	Drama	R	$3,480,326	542,953	$3,898,403
27	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	Documentary	R	$3,355,818	523,529	$3,758,938
28	Rize	Documentary	PG-13	$3,278,611	511,484	$3,672,455
29	Grizzly Man	Documentary	R	$3,174,085	495,177	$3,555,371
30	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	Documentary	G	$3,041,591	474,507	$3,406,960
31	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,757,946	430,257	$3,089,245
32	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Documentary	PG	$1,991,838	310,739	$2,231,106
33	The Sea Inside	Drama	PG-13	$1,943,871	303,256	$2,177,378
34	Murderball	Documentary	PG-13	$1,523,883	237,735	$1,706,937
35	Paperclips	Documentary	G	$1,079,433	168,398	$1,209,098
36	The Motorcycle Diaries	Drama	R	$1,031,472	160,916	$1,155,377
37	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$946,520	147,663	$1,060,220
38	The Rising	Drama	Not Rated	$939,363	146,546	$1,052,200
39	Therese	Drama	PG	$850,520	132,686	$952,685
40	What the #$'! Do We Know	Documentary	Not Rated	$849,898	132,589	$951,989
41	First Descent	Documentary	PG-13	$739,690	115,396	$828,543
42	Inside Deep Throat	Documentary	NC-17	$653,621	101,969	$732,137
43	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	Drama	R	$642,504	100,235	$719,687
44	Dust to Glory	Documentary	PG	$639,990	99,842	$716,866
45	Gunner Palace	Documentary	PG	$607,502	94,774	$680,477
46	Madison	Drama	PG	$508,867	79,386	$569,991
47	Ghosts of the Abyss	Documentary	G	$487,507	76,054	$546,068
48	Ballets Russes	Documentary	Not Rated	$455,413	71,047	$510,117
49	In the Realms of the Unreal	Documentary	Not Rated	$343,243	53,548	$384,475
50	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Documentary	Not Rated	$312,141	48,696	$349,637
51	Alexander	Adventure	R	$293,467	45,783	$328,722
52	Watermarks	Documentary	Not Rated	$245,845	38,353	$275,375
53	Mondovino	Documentary	PG-13	$209,618	32,702	$234,800
54	Modigliani	Drama	R	$204,297	31,872	$228,841
55	New York Doll	Documentary	PG-13	$176,056	27,466	$197,206
56	Saints and Soldiers	Drama	PG-13	$169,049	26,373	$189,358
57	Mughal-e-Azam	Drama	Not Rated	$161,434	25,185	$180,828
58	Beautiful Boxer	Drama	Not Rated	$133,473	20,823	$149,509
59	Deep Blue	Documentary	G	$129,854	20,258	$145,452
60	Music from the Inside Out	Documentary	Not Rated	$124,693	19,453	$139,673
61	My Date With Drew	Documentary	PG	$121,534	18,960	$136,133
62	It's All Gone Pete Tong	Drama	R	$120,620	18,817	$135,106
63	Callas Forever	Drama	Not Rated	$115,236	17,978	$129,082
64	Tarnation	Documentary	Not Rated	$113,902	17,769	$127,581
65	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$113,740	17,744	$127,402
66	Darwin's Nightmare	Documentary	Not Rated	$97,614	15,228	$109,337
67	Gay Sex in the 70's	Documentary	Not Rated	$85,625	13,358	$95,910
68	Loggerheads	Drama	PG-13	$80,956	12,630	$90,683
69	The Nomi Song	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,216	11,578	$83,130
70	The Ninth Day	Drama	Not Rated	$72,888	11,371	$81,644
71	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire	Documentary	Not Rated	$67,100	10,468	$75,160
72	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary	PG-13	$65,207	10,173	$73,042
73	Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt	Documentary	Not Rated	$62,597	9,766	$70,120
74	Rock School	Documentary	R	$58,241	9,086	$65,237
75	Juarez: Stages of Fear	Drama	R	$50,707	7,911	$56,801
76	The Boys of Baraka	Documentary	R	$48,567	7,577	$54,403
77	The Tunnel	Drama	Not Rated	$46,008	7,178	$51,538
78	Raging Bull	Drama	Not Rated	$45,250	7,059	$50,684
79	William Eggleston in the Real World	Documentary	Not Rated	$44,435	6,932	$49,772
80	A State of Mind	Documentary	Not Rated	$41,468	6,469	$46,447
81	Edvard Munch	Drama	Not Rated	$40,584	6,331	$45,457
82	Tell Them Who You Are	Documentary	R	$38,580	6,019	$43,216
83	Monsieur N.	Drama	Not Rated	$37,104	5,788	$41,558
84	After Innocence	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,004	5,617	$40,330
85	The Year of Yao	Documentary	PG	$34,699	5,413	$38,865
86	Guiana 1838	Drama	Not Rated	$34,514	5,384	$38,657
87	Reel Paradise	Documentary	R	$29,720	4,637	$33,294
88	Naked Fame	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,128	4,544	$32,626
89	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,506	4,447	$31,929
90	Lipstick & Dynamite	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,073	4,068	$29,208
91	39 Pounds of Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,467	3,973	$28,526
92	Emmanuel's Gift	Documentary	G	$23,578	3,678	$26,408
93	Voices in Wartime	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,702	3,230	$23,191
94	The Last Dispatch	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,684	3,227	$23,170
95	Three of Hearts	Documentary	R	$19,738	3,079	$22,107
96	Zizek!	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,561	3,052	$21,913
97	A League of Ordinary Gentlemen	Documentary	R	$18,326	2,859	$20,528
98	The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman	Documentary	PG-13	$15,655	2,442	$17,534
99	Genesis	Documentary	G	$15,586	2,432	$17,462
100	One Bright Shining Moment	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,504	2,419	$17,368
101	Bright Leaves	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,415	2,405	$17,268
102	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,917	1,859	$13,348
103	Up For Grabs	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,907	1,702	$12,220
104	Sunset Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,802	1,373	$9,858
105	Writer of O	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,127	1,268	$9,104
106	Occupation: Dreamland	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,018	1,251	$8,982
107	Aristide and the Endless Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,226	971	$6,972
108	The President's Last Bang	Black Comedy	Not Rated	$5,932	925	$6,642
109	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,460	852	$6,117
110	Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,930	769	$5,521
111	Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$4,433	692	$4,969
112	Howard Zinn	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,020	627	$4,502
113	Sacred Stage	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,927	613	$4,401
114	Swenkas	Documentary		$3,875	605	$4,344
115	Two by Scorsese	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,845	600	$4,308
116	The Aggressives	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,769	588	$4,222
117	Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,238	505	$3,626
118	Stolen Childhoods	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,996	467	$3,353
119	The Optimists	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,377	371	$2,664
120	With God on Our Side	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,806	282	$2,025
121	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,312	205	$1,472
122	The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,058	165	$1,185
123	The Comedians of Comedy	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$354	55	$395
Total Gross of All Movies				$622,379,811
Total Tickets Sold					97,095,135
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$697,143,069

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.