Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2009

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2009 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Documentary	PG	$72,091,016	9,612,135	$75,839,745
2	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,389,516	7,385,269	$58,269,772
3	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,843,682	4,912,491	$38,759,554
4	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,853,584	4,247,145	$33,509,974
5	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,373,908	2,983,188	$23,537,353
6	Under the Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$19,416,024	2,588,803	$20,425,656
7	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Concert/Performance	G	$19,162,740	2,555,032	$20,159,202
8	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	1,957,774	$15,446,837
9	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,363,397	1,915,120	$15,110,297
10	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,736,644	$13,702,121
11	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$5,997,682	799,691	$6,309,562
12	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,275,270	703,369	$5,549,581
13	Bright Star	Drama	PG	$4,444,637	592,618	$4,675,756
14	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,417,674	589,023	$4,647,391
15	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$4,146,170	552,823	$4,361,773
16	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,817,183	508,958	$4,015,679
17	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,314,255	441,901	$3,486,599
18	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$2,456,337	327,512	$2,584,070
19	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,299,538	306,605	$2,419,113
20	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$2,063,408	275,121	$2,170,705
21	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,013,083	268,411	$2,117,763
22	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	PG-13	$1,755,134	234,018	$1,846,402
23	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,733,532	231,138	$1,823,679
24	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,725,141	230,019	$1,814,850
25	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,610,163	214,688	$1,693,888
26	Polytechnique	Drama	Not Rated	$1,418,304	189,107	$1,492,054
27	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,391,434	185,525	$1,463,792
28	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,133,662	151,155	$1,192,613
29	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$950,675	126,757	$1,000,113
30	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	118,389	$934,089
31	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$861,796	114,906	$906,608
32	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$809,752	107,967	$851,860
33	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	98,874	$780,116
34	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	89,055	$702,644
35	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$655,871	87,449	$689,973
36	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$545,961	72,795	$574,353
37	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$544,857	72,648	$573,193
38	Red Cliff	Action	R	$526,841	70,245	$554,233
39	Little Ashes	Drama		$481,586	64,211	$506,625
40	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex	Action	R	$476,270	63,503	$501,039
41	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$225,188	30,025	$236,897
42	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	28,456	$224,518
43	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$207,121	27,616	$217,890
44	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	27,261	$215,089
45	Herb & Dorothy	Documentary		$194,721	25,963	$204,848
46	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$169,340	22,579	$178,148
47	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$164,234	21,898	$172,775
48	Crude	Documentary		$163,417	21,789	$171,915
49	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$160,901	21,453	$169,264
50	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	20,281	$160,017
51	The Horse Boy	Documentary		$137,495	18,333	$144,647
52	Examined Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,095	$126,990
53	Throw Down Your Heart	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,778	15,437	$121,798
54	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,268	$120,465
55	The Way We Get By	Documentary		$106,542	14,206	$112,085
56	Bronson	Drama	R	$104,979	13,997	$110,436
57	Afghan Star	Documentary		$102,115	13,615	$107,422
58	No Impact Man	Documentary		$100,028	13,337	$105,229
59	Lord, Save Us From Your Followers	Documentary	PG-13	$61,941	8,259	$65,164
60	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Documentary		$57,769	7,703	$60,777
61	Collapse	Documentary		$56,436	7,525	$59,372
62	In a Dream	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,369	$58,141
63	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$49,675	6,623	$52,255
64	American Casino	Documentary		$46,710	6,228	$49,139
65	We Live in Public	Documentary		$44,344	5,913	$46,654
66	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$41,880	5,584	$44,058
67	Oh My God	Documentary		$38,245	5,099	$40,231
68	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,180	5,091	$40,168
69	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	Documentary		$36,875	4,917	$38,795
70	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,663	$36,791
71	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,476	$35,316
72	Of Time and the City	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,677	4,357	$34,377
73	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,623	4,083	$32,215
74	American Swing	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,021	$31,726
75	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	3,938	$31,071
76	The Singing Revolution	Documentary	Not Rated	$28,025	3,737	$29,485
77	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,607	$28,459
78	The Garden	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,591	$28,333
79	Earth Days	Documentary		$26,748	3,566	$28,136
80	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,396	$26,794
81	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,820	$22,250
82	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$20,521	2,736	$21,587
83	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,689	$21,216
84	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,567	$20,254
85	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,654	2,487	$19,622
86	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,361	1,648	$13,003
87	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$12,345	1,646	$12,987
88	Sex Positive	Documentary		$12,069	1,609	$12,695
89	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$11,799	1,573	$12,411
90	One Peace at a Time	Documentary		$11,698	1,560	$12,308
91	Mine	Documentary		$11,283	1,504	$11,867
92	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,447	$11,417
93	Oblivion	Documentary		$9,939	1,325	$10,454
94	American Journey, An	Documentary		$8,868	1,182	$9,326
95	Objectified	Documentary		$8,668	1,156	$9,121
96	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$8,321	1,109	$8,750
97	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,065	$8,403
98	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,049	$8,277
99	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,840	912	$7,196
100	The Good Soldier	Documentary		$6,000	800	$6,312
101	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	715	$5,641
102	Made in Jamaica	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,149	420	$3,314
103	Food Beware	Documentary		$1,181	157	$1,239
104	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	84	$663
Total Gross of All Movies				$362,232,717
Total Tickets Sold					48,297,697
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$381,068,829

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2009. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2009. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2008 will most likely earn money in 2008 and 2009. 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.