Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2007

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2007 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	American Gangster	Drama	R	$129,150,735	18,771,909	$134,782,307
2	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$58,075,619	8,441,224	$60,607,988
3	Breach	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$33,000,880	4,796,640	$34,439,875
4	August Rush	Drama	PG	$30,173,217	4,385,642	$31,488,910
5	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,245,105	4,105,393	$29,476,722
6	Sicko	Documentary	PG-13	$24,530,513	3,565,482	$25,600,161
7	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$21,602,945	3,139,963	$22,544,934
8	Amazing Grace	Drama	PG	$21,214,987	3,083,574	$22,140,061
9	Becoming Jane	Romantic Comedy	PG	$18,663,911	2,712,778	$19,477,746
10	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,435,030	2,388,812	$17,151,670
11	We Are... Marshall	Drama	PG	$16,073,552	2,336,272	$16,774,433
12	Alpha Dog	Drama	R	$15,242,450	2,215,472	$15,907,089
13	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$13,439,713	1,953,447	$14,025,749
14	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$11,754,511	1,708,505	$12,267,066
15	Primeval	Adventure	R	$10,597,734	1,540,368	$11,059,842
16	La Vie en Rose	Drama	PG-13	$10,069,060	1,463,526	$10,508,117
17	El Cantante	Drama	R	$7,556,004	1,098,256	$7,885,478
18	The Hoax	Drama	R	$7,164,995	1,041,424	$7,477,424
19	Pride	Drama	PG	$7,057,600	1,025,814	$7,365,345
20	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$6,765,023	983,288	$7,060,008
21	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,692,253	827,362	$5,940,459
22	Rescue Dawn	Action	PG-13	$5,484,375	797,148	$5,723,523
23	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825	$5,347,844
24	Talk to Me	Drama	R	$4,526,759	657,959	$4,724,146
25	Black Book	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,398,392	639,301	$4,590,181
26	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,984,947	579,207	$4,158,706
27	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,308,148	480,835	$3,452,395
28	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$3,143,266	456,870	$3,280,327
29	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$2,965,996	431,104	$3,095,327
30	Gracie	Drama	PG-13	$2,955,039	429,511	$3,083,889
31	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$2,597,849	377,594	$2,711,125
32	No End In Sight	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331	$1,495,817
33	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753	$1,470,127
34	The Final Season	Drama	PG	$1,159,691	168,560	$1,210,261
35	In the Shadow of the Moon	Documentary	PG	$1,134,358	164,878	$1,183,824
36	Goya's Ghosts	Drama	R	$1,000,626	145,440	$1,044,259
37	Provoked: A True Story	Drama	Not Rated	$918,931	133,566	$959,004
38	Sharkwater	Documentary	PG	$847,424	123,172	$884,375
39	Arctic Tale	Documentary	G	$833,532	121,153	$869,879
40	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896	$839,313
41	Into Great Silence	Documentary	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891	$824,917
42	11th Hour	Documentary	PG	$703,464	102,248	$734,141
43	The King of Kong	Documentary	PG-13	$674,925	98,100	$704,358
44	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	Documentary	Not Rated	$442,936	64,380	$462,248
45	Manufactured Landscapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,623	57,503	$412,872
46	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	PG	$301,447	43,815	$314,592
47	Crazy Love	Documentary	PG	$301,027	43,754	$314,154
48	Shoot Out at Lokhandwala	Drama	Not Rated	$289,232	42,040	$301,847
49	Deep Water	Documentary	PG	$271,143	39,410	$282,964
50	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$269,246	39,135	$280,989
51	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$229,992	33,429	$240,020
52	In Search of Mozart	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,000	32,703	$234,808
53	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Documentary	Not Rated	$224,546	32,638	$234,341
54	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$221,894	32,252	$231,569
55	Trade	Drama	R	$214,202	31,134	$223,542
56	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$213,141	30,980	$222,436
57	Believe in Me	Drama	PG	$209,654	30,473	$218,796
58	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$188,778	27,439	$197,012
59	Lonely Hearts	Drama	R	$188,565	27,408	$196,789
60	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	Documentary	PG	$178,968	26,013	$186,773
61	An Unreasonable Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,647	25,675	$184,347
62	Bobby	Drama	R	$170,929	24,844	$178,380
63	Music Within	Drama	R	$153,205	22,268	$159,884
64	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$151,708	22,051	$158,326
65	Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint	Drama	PG	$151,114	21,964	$157,702
66	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,239	19,802	$142,178
67	The Flying Scotsman	Drama	PG-13	$136,074	19,778	$142,006
68	The Devil Came on Horseback	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,782	19,300	$138,574
69	Send a Bullet	Documentary	Not Rated	$122,905	17,864	$128,264
70	Darfur Now	Documentary	PG	$109,107	15,859	$113,868
71	Mr. Untouchable	Documentary	R	$103,590	15,057	$108,109
72	Self Medicated	Drama	Not Rated	$100,610	14,624	$105,000
73	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$95,603	13,896	$99,773
74	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$95,040	13,814	$99,185
75	Klimt	Drama	Not Rated	$86,051	12,507	$89,800
76	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$80,529	11,705	$84,042
77	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,723	10,861	$77,982
78	Air Guitar Nation	Documentary	R	$71,471	10,388	$74,586
79	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Comedy		$71,190	10,347	$74,291
80	Zoo	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,770	10,141	$72,812
81	Redacted	Drama	R	$65,388	9,504	$68,239
82	How to Cook Your Life	Documentary	PG-13	$62,632	9,103	$65,360
83	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,829	8,551	$61,396
84	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,685	8,384	$60,197
85	Steep	Documentary	PG	$55,771	8,106	$58,201
86	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,919	7,256	$52,098
87	Ghosts of Cit� Soleil	Documentary	Not Rated	$48,752	7,086	$50,877
88	Terror's Advocate	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,724	6,937	$49,808
89	The Hip Hop Project	Documentary	PG-13	$46,208	6,716	$48,221
90	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$45,513	6,615	$47,496
91	Beyond the Gates	Drama	R	$40,848	5,937	$42,628
92	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	Documentary	PG-13	$39,340	5,718	$41,055
93	The Life of Reilly	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$38,306	5,568	$39,978
94	Bon Jovi: The Lost Highway	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$35,000	5,087	$36,525
95	Black Friday	Drama	Not Rated	$35,000	5,087	$36,525
96	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$29,645	4,309	$30,939
97	Nanking	Documentary	R	$26,212	3,810	$27,356
98	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,320	3,680	$26,422
99	Lake of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,317	3,680	$26,422
100	Forever	Documentary	Not Rated	$23,291	3,385	$24,304
101	The Last Hangman	Drama	R	$21,766	3,164	$22,718
102	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,577	2,991	$21,475
103	Meeting Resistance	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,469	2,975	$21,361
104	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,862	2,887	$20,729
105	Steal a Pencil for Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,918	2,750	$19,745
106	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,856	2,450	$17,591
107	American Cannibal	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,567	2,408	$17,289
108	Syndromes and a Century	Drama	Not Rated	$16,340	2,375	$17,053
109	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,059	2,334	$16,758
110	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,796	2,296	$16,485
111	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,023	2,184	$15,681
112	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$14,324	2,082	$14,949
113	Protagonist	Documentary	R	$13,850	2,013	$14,453
114	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$13,673	1,987	$14,267
115	China Blue	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,185	1,771	$12,716
116	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,041	1,750	$12,565
117	Blockade	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,750	1,708	$12,263
118	Angels in the Dust	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,606	1,687	$12,113
119	East of Havana	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,550	1,679	$12,055
120	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,396	1,656	$11,890
121	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,079	1,610	$11,560
122	In the Pit	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,433	1,516	$10,885
123	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,904	1,440	$10,339
124	Something to Cheer About	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,777	1,421	$10,203
125	The Unknown Soldier	Documentary		$9,602	1,396	$10,023
126	Crossing the Line	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,258	1,346	$9,664
127	Strike	Drama	Not Rated	$8,872	1,290	$9,262
128	Glastonbury	Documentary	R	$8,419	1,224	$8,788
129	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,665	1,114	$7,999
130	Quantum Hoops	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,075	1,028	$7,381
131	Skid Row	Documentary	R	$7,052	1,025	$7,360
132	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,000	1,017	$7,302
133	The Camden 28	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,983	1,015	$7,288
134	Desert Bayou	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,976	1,014	$7,281
135	Casting About	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,922	1,006	$7,223
136	Operation Homecoming	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,795	988	$7,094
137	Fired!	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,661	823	$5,909
138	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$4,932	717	$5,148
139	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,890	711	$5,105
140	Blood and Tears	Documentary	PG-13	$4,364	634	$4,552
141	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,970	577	$4,143
142	The Price of Sugar	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,384	492	$3,533
143	9 Star Hotel	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,900	422	$3,030
144	Summercamp!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,600	378	$2,714
145	Looking for an Icon	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,393	348	$2,499
146	You're Gonna Miss Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,324	338	$2,427
147	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	Documentary	PG-13	$2,194	319	$2,290
148	Oswald's Ghost	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,796	261	$1,874
149	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,557	226	$1,623
150	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	215	$1,544
151	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	214	$1,537
152	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	Documentary	PG	$1,217	177	$1,271
153	Beyond Hatred	Documentary	Not Rated	$949	138	$991
154	The Sugar Curtain	Documentary	Not Rated	$929	135	$969
Total Gross of All Movies				$550,709,482
Total Tickets Sold					80,044,985
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$574,722,992

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2007. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2007. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2006 will most likely earn money in 2006 and 2007. 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.