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	$148,110,362
2	The Pursuit of Happyness	Drama	PG-13	$58,075,619	8,441,224	$66,601,257
3	Breach	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$33,000,880	4,796,640	$37,845,490
4	August Rush	Drama	PG	$30,173,217	4,385,642	$34,602,715
5	The Queen	Drama	PG-13	$28,245,105	4,105,393	$32,391,551
6	Sicko	Documentary	PG-13	$24,530,513	3,565,482	$28,131,653
7	The Good Shepherd	Drama	R	$21,602,945	3,139,963	$24,774,308
8	Amazing Grace	Drama	PG	$21,214,987	3,083,574	$24,329,399
9	Becoming Jane	Romantic Comedy	PG	$18,663,911	2,712,778	$21,403,818
10	The Great Debaters	Drama	PG-13	$16,435,030	2,388,812	$18,847,727
11	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Drama	PG-13	$16,285,240	2,367,041	$18,675,953
12	We Are Marshall	Drama	PG	$16,073,552	2,336,272	$18,433,186
13	Alpha Dog	Drama	R	$15,242,450	2,215,472	$17,480,074
14	Letters from Iwo Jima	Drama	R	$13,439,713	1,953,447	$15,412,697
15	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$11,754,511	1,708,505	$13,480,104
16	Primeval	Adventure	R	$10,597,734	1,540,368	$12,153,504
17	La M�me	Drama	PG-13	$10,069,060	1,463,526	$11,547,220
18	El Cantante	Drama	R	$7,556,004	1,098,256	$8,665,240
19	The Hoax	Drama	R	$7,164,995	1,041,424	$8,216,835
20	Pride	Drama	PG	$7,057,600	1,025,814	$8,093,672
21	In the Valley of Elah	Drama	R	$6,765,023	983,288	$7,758,142
22	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,692,253	827,362	$6,527,886
23	Rescue Dawn	Action	PG-13	$5,484,375	797,148	$6,289,498
24	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,124,397	744,825	$5,876,669
25	Talk to Me	Drama	R	$4,526,759	657,959	$5,191,297
26	Zwartboek	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,398,392	639,301	$5,044,085
27	Wild Safari 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,984,947	579,207	$4,569,943
28	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,308,148	480,835	$3,793,788
29	I'm Not There	Drama	R	$3,143,266	456,870	$3,604,704
30	Miss Potter	Drama	PG	$2,965,996	431,104	$3,401,411
31	Gracie	Drama	PG-13	$2,955,039	429,511	$3,388,842
32	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$2,597,849	377,594	$2,979,217
33	No End In Sight	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,433,319	208,331	$1,643,732
34	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,408,698	204,753	$1,615,501
35	The Final Season	Drama	PG	$1,159,691	168,560	$1,329,938
36	In the Shadow of the Moon	Documentary	PG	$1,134,358	164,878	$1,300,887
37	Goya's Ghosts	Drama	R	$1,000,626	145,440	$1,147,522
38	Provoked: A True Story	Drama	Not Rated	$918,931	133,566	$1,053,836
39	September Dawn	Drama	R	$901,857	131,084	$1,034,253
40	Sharkwater	Documentary	PG	$847,424	123,172	$971,827
41	Arctic Tale	Documentary	G	$833,532	121,153	$955,897
42	Bugs!	Documentary	Not Rated	$804,245	116,896	$922,309
43	Die Große Stille	Documentary	Not Rated	$790,452	114,891	$906,490
44	11th Hour	Documentary	PG	$703,464	102,248	$806,737
45	The King of Kong	Documentary	PG-13	$674,925	98,100	$774,009
46	When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan	Documentary	Not Rated	$442,936	64,380	$507,958
47	Manufactured Landscapes	Documentary	Not Rated	$395,623	57,503	$453,699
48	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan	Documentary	PG	$301,447	43,815	$345,700
49	Crazy Love	Documentary	PG	$301,027	43,754	$345,219
50	Shoot Out at Lokhandwala	Drama	Not Rated	$289,232	42,040	$331,696
51	Deep Water	Documentary	PG	$271,143	39,410	$310,945
52	For the Bible Tells Me So	Documentary	Not Rated	$269,246	39,135	$308,775
53	Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten	Documentary	Not Rated	$229,992	33,429	$263,755
54	In Search of Mozart	Documentary	Not Rated	$225,000	32,703	$258,027
55	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Documentary	Not Rated	$224,546	32,638	$257,514
56	Aliens of the Deep	Documentary	G	$221,894	32,252	$254,468
57	Trade	Drama	R	$214,202	31,134	$245,647
58	My Kid Could Paint That	Documentary	PG-13	$213,141	30,980	$244,432
59	Believe in Me	Drama	PG	$209,654	30,473	$240,432
60	What Would Jesus Buy?	Documentary	PG	$188,778	27,439	$216,494
61	Lonely Hearts	Drama	R	$188,565	27,408	$216,249
62	Pete Seeger: The Power of Song	Documentary	PG	$178,968	26,013	$205,243
63	An Unreasonable Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$176,647	25,675	$202,576
64	Bobby	Drama	R	$170,929	24,844	$196,019
65	Music Within	Drama	R	$153,205	22,268	$175,695
66	Show Business	Documentary	PG	$151,708	22,051	$173,982
67	Milarepa	Drama	PG	$151,114	21,964	$173,296
68	Iraq in Fragments	Documentary	Not Rated	$136,239	19,802	$156,238
69	The Flying Scotsman	Drama	PG-13	$136,074	19,778	$156,048
70	The Devil Came on Horseback	Documentary	Not Rated	$132,782	19,300	$152,277
71	Manda Bala	Documentary	Not Rated	$122,905	17,864	$140,947
72	Darfur Now	Documentary	PG	$109,107	15,859	$125,128
73	Mr. Untouchable	Documentary	R	$103,590	15,057	$118,800
74	Self Medicated	Drama	Not Rated	$100,610	14,624	$115,383
75	King Corn	Documentary	Not Rated	$95,603	13,896	$109,639
76	Shut Up and Sing	Documentary	R	$95,040	13,814	$108,992
77	Klimt	Drama	Not Rated	$86,051	12,507	$98,680
78	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains	Documentary	PG	$80,529	11,705	$92,352
79	Kurt Cobain: About a Son	Documentary	Not Rated	$74,723	10,861	$85,693
80	Air Guitar Nation	Documentary	R	$71,471	10,388	$81,961
81	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Comedy		$71,190	10,347	$81,638
82	Zoo	Documentary	Not Rated	$69,770	10,141	$80,012
83	Redacted	Drama	R	$65,388	9,504	$74,987
84	Wie man sein leben kocht	Documentary	PG-13	$62,632	9,103	$71,823
85	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders	Documentary	Not Rated	$58,829	8,551	$67,467
86	War Dance	Documentary	PG-13	$57,685	8,384	$66,150
87	Steep	Documentary	PG	$55,771	8,106	$63,956
88	Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,919	7,256	$57,250
89	Ghosts of Cit� Soleil	Documentary	Not Rated	$48,752	7,086	$55,909
90	L'avocat de la terreur	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,724	6,937	$54,733
91	The Hip Hop Project	Documentary	PG-13	$46,208	6,716	$52,989
92	A Man Named Pearl	Documentary	G	$45,513	6,615	$52,192
93	Beyond the Gates	Drama	R	$40,848	5,937	$46,843
94	I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal	Documentary	PG-13	$39,340	5,718	$45,115
95	The Life of Reilly	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$38,306	5,568	$43,932
96	Black Friday	Drama	Not Rated	$35,000	5,087	$40,136
97	Bon Jovi: The Lost Highway	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$35,000	5,087	$40,136
98	Jesus Camp	Documentary	PG-13	$29,645	4,309	$33,998
99	Nanking	Documentary	R	$26,212	3,810	$30,061
100	Billy the Kid	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,320	3,680	$29,035
101	Lake of Fire	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,317	3,680	$29,035
102	Forever	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,222	3,666	$28,925
103	The Last Hangman	Drama	R	$21,766	3,164	$24,964
104	Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,577	2,991	$23,599
105	Meeting Resistance	Documentary	Not Rated	$20,469	2,975	$23,473
106	Rom�ntico	Documentary	Not Rated	$19,862	2,887	$22,778
107	Steal a Pencil for Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,918	2,750	$21,698
108	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,301	2,515	$19,843
109	Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,856	2,450	$19,331
110	American Cannibal	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,567	2,408	$18,999
111	Sang sattawat	Drama	Not Rated	$16,340	2,375	$18,739
112	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,796	2,296	$18,115
113	Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$15,023	2,184	$17,232
114	Arranged	Drama	Not Rated	$14,324	2,082	$16,427
115	Protagonist	Documentary	R	$13,850	2,013	$15,883
116	American Hardcore	Documentary	R	$13,673	1,987	$15,677
117	China Blue	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,185	1,771	$13,973
118	Absolute Wilson	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,041	1,750	$13,808
119	Blockade	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,750	1,708	$13,476
120	Angels in the Dust	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,606	1,687	$13,310
121	East of Havana	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,550	1,679	$13,247
122	Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963-1965	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,396	1,656	$13,066
123	Matthew Barney: No Restraint	Documentary	Not Rated	$11,079	1,610	$12,703
124	En el hoyo	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,433	1,516	$11,961
125	El Inmigrante	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,904	1,440	$11,362
126	Something to Cheer About	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,777	1,421	$11,212
127	Der Unbekannte Soldat	Documentary		$9,602	1,396	$11,014
128	Crossing the Line	Documentary	Not Rated	$9,258	1,346	$10,620
129	Strajk - Die Heldin von Danzig	Drama	Not Rated	$8,872	1,290	$10,178
130	Glastonbury	Documentary	R	$8,419	1,224	$9,657
131	Words of My Perfect Teacher	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,665	1,114	$8,789
132	Quantum Hoops	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,075	1,028	$8,111
133	Skid Row	Documentary	R	$7,052	1,025	$8,087
134	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,000	1,017	$8,024
135	The Camden 28	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,983	1,015	$8,008
136	Desert Bayou	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,976	1,014	$8,000
137	Casting About	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,922	1,006	$7,937
138	Operation Homecoming	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,795	988	$7,795
139	Fired!	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,661	823	$6,493
140	Copying Beethoven	Drama	PG-13	$4,932	717	$5,657
141	Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,890	711	$5,610
142	Blood and Tears	Documentary	PG-13	$4,364	634	$5,002
143	Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,970	577	$4,553
144	The Price of Sugar	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,384	492	$3,882
145	Malon 9 Kochavim	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,900	422	$3,330
146	Summercamp!	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,600	378	$2,982
147	Looking for an Icon	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,393	348	$2,746
148	You're Gonna Miss Me	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,324	338	$2,667
149	The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair	Documentary	PG-13	$2,194	319	$2,517
150	Oswald's Ghost	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,796	261	$2,059
151	49 Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,557	226	$1,783
152	'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	215	$1,696
153	Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,476	214	$1,688
154	The Trials of Darryl Hunt	Documentary	PG	$1,217	177	$1,397
155	Au-del� de la haine	Documentary	Not Rated	$949	138	$1,089
156	El tel�n de az�car	Documentary	Not Rated	$929	135	$1,065
Total Gross of All Movies				$567,899,752
Total Tickets Sold					82,543,572
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$651,268,783

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.