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	$67,190,296	9,357,980	$67,190,296
2	The Haunting in Connecticut	Horror	PG-13	$55,325,526	7,705,505	$55,325,526
3	Notorious	Drama	R	$36,842,118	5,131,214	$36,842,117
4	The Soloist	Drama	PG-13	$31,720,158	4,417,849	$31,720,156
5	Valkyrie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$22,385,491	3,117,756	$22,385,488
6	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Concert/Performance	G	$19,161,363	2,668,714	$19,161,367
7	Milk	Drama	R	$14,683,305	2,045,029	$14,683,308
8	Capitalism: A Love Story	Documentary	R	$14,194,694	1,976,977	$14,194,695
9	Magnificent Desolation	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,024,828	1,814,043	$13,024,829
10	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$5,317,166	740,552	$5,317,163
11	Coco Before Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$4,847,752	675,174	$4,847,749
12	Food, Inc.	Documentary	PG	$4,414,034	614,768	$4,414,034
13	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$3,999,948	557,096	$3,999,949
14	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,730,158	519,521	$3,730,161
15	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,893,307	402,968	$2,893,310
16	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,098,528	292,274	$2,098,527
17	Waltz with Bashir	Documentary	R	$2,062,835	287,303	$2,062,836
18	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,939,285	270,095	$1,939,282
19	Valentino: The Last Emperor	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,755,134	244,448	$1,755,137
20	Che, Part 1: The Argentine	Drama	Not Rated	$1,731,665	241,179	$1,731,665
21	Every Little Step	Documentary	PG-13	$1,724,351	240,160	$1,724,349
22	It Might Get Loud	Documentary	PG	$1,569,659	218,615	$1,569,656
23	X Games 3D: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$1,388,840	193,432	$1,388,842
24	More Than a Game	Documentary	PG	$922,906	128,538	$922,903
25	Tyson	Documentary	R	$887,918	123,665	$887,915
26	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$855,562	119,159	$855,562
27	The Boys are Back	Drama	PG-13	$783,013	109,055	$783,015
28	The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story	Documentary	PG	$741,557	103,281	$741,558
29	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Documentary	Not Rated	$667,911	93,024	$667,912
30	The Stoning of Soraya M.	Drama		$651,542	90,744	$651,542
31	Roving Mars	Documentary	G	$545,961	76,039	$545,960
32	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$544,857	75,885	$544,854
33	Little Ashes	Drama		$480,339	66,900	$480,342
34	Enlighten Up!	Documentary	Not Rated	$213,423	29,725	$213,426
35	Soul Power	Documentary	PG-13	$206,813	28,804	$206,813
36	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	28,476	$204,458
37	Harvard Beats Yale	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,458	28,476	$204,458
38	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$197,888	27,561	$197,888
39	Herb & Dorothy	Documentary		$194,721	27,120	$194,722
40	Fuel	Documentary	Not Rated	$167,743	23,363	$167,746
41	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$160,814	22,397	$160,810
42	Hunger	Drama	Not Rated	$152,104	21,184	$152,101
43	Crude	Documentary		$147,392	20,528	$147,391
44	Examined Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$120,712	16,812	$120,710
45	Throw Down Your Heart	Documentary	Not Rated	$115,437	16,078	$115,440
46	Ballerina	Documentary	Not Rated	$114,507	15,948	$114,507
47	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$112,032	15,603	$112,030
48	Horse Boy, The	Documentary		$111,620	15,546	$111,620
49	Afghan Star	Documentary		$102,115	14,222	$102,114
50	No Impact Man	Documentary		$100,028	13,931	$100,025
51	The Way We Get By	Documentary		$89,501	12,465	$89,499
52	Bronson	Drama	R	$84,532	11,773	$84,530
53	In a Dream	Documentary	Not Rated	$55,270	7,698	$55,272
54	We Live in Public	Documentary		$39,112	5,447	$39,109
55	One Day You'll Understand	Drama	Not Rated	$38,557	5,370	$38,557
56	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Documentary	Not Rated	$38,504	5,363	$38,506
57	American Casino	Documentary		$35,155	4,896	$35,153
58	Our City Dreams	Documentary	Not Rated	$34,972	4,871	$34,974
59	Trouble the Water	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,569	4,675	$33,567
60	Of Time and the City	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,551	4,534	$32,554
61	American Swing	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,156	4,200	$30,156
62	Lola Montes	Drama	Not Rated	$29,532	4,113	$29,531
63	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,522	4,112	$29,524
64	The Betrayal	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,522	4,112	$29,524
65	Pray the Devil Back to Hell	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,100	3,774	$27,097
66	Guest of Cindy Sherman	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,052	3,768	$27,054
67	The Garden	Documentary	Not Rated	$26,931	3,751	$26,932
68	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,548	$25,475
69	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains	Documentary	Not Rated	$25,473	3,548	$25,475
70	Earth Days	Documentary		$23,466	3,268	$23,464
71	Not Quite Hollywood	Documentary	R	$21,152	2,946	$21,152
72	Collapse	Documentary		$20,574	2,865	$20,571
73	A Wink and a Smile	Documentary		$20,169	2,809	$20,169
74	Walt and El Grupo	Documentary	PG	$19,900	2,772	$19,903
75	Man on Wire	Documentary	PG-13	$19,252	2,681	$19,250
76	Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death and Hannah Senesh	Documentary	Not Rated	$17,655	2,459	$17,656
77	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$12,593	1,754	$12,594
78	Sex Positive	Documentary		$11,669	1,625	$11,668
79	I.O.U.S.A.	Documentary	PG	$10,850	1,511	$10,849
80	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,568	1,472	$10,569
81	The Beautiful Truth	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,568	1,472	$10,569
82	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe	Documentary		$10,322	1,438	$10,325
83	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$10,047	1,399	$10,045
84	Objectified	Documentary		$8,668	1,207	$8,666
85	Oh My God	Documentary		$8,263	1,151	$8,264
86	Eleven Minutes	Documentary	R	$7,986	1,112	$7,984
87	Louise Bourgeois	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,868	1,096	$7,869
88	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Drama	R	$7,334	1,021	$7,331
89	Chelsea on the Rocks	Documentary	R	$7,259	1,011	$7,259
90	Scott Walker: 30 Century Man	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,840	953	$6,843
91	American Journey, An	Documentary		$6,180	861	$6,182
92	Call+Response	Documentary	PG-13	$5,364	747	$5,363
93	Food Beware	Documentary		$1,181	164	$1,178
94	Yiddish Theater: A Love Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$632	88	$632
95	Made in Jamaica	Documentary	Not Rated	$181	25	$180
Total Gross of All Movies				$324,727,297
Total Tickets Sold					45,226,641
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$324,727,282

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.