Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Social Network	Drama	PG-13	$93,222,026	11,815,212	$93,222,023
2	Unstoppable	Action	PG-13	$79,468,486	10,072,051	$79,468,482
3	Secretariat	Drama	PG	$59,053,682	7,484,624	$59,053,683
4	The Fighter	Drama	R	$46,388,853	5,879,449	$46,388,853
5	Hubble 3D	Documentary	G	$20,149,829	2,553,844	$20,149,829
6	Oceans	Documentary	G	$19,422,319	2,461,637	$19,422,316
7	Extraordinary Measures	Drama	PG	$12,482,741	1,582,096	$12,482,737
8	127 Hours	Drama	R	$10,434,435	1,322,489	$10,434,438
9	*FairGame**	Drama	PG-13	$9,118,756	1,155,736	$9,118,757
10	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$8,544,935	1,083,008	$8,544,933
11	Babies	Documentary	PG	$7,320,323	927,798	$7,320,326
12	Conviction	Drama		$6,797,696	861,558	$6,797,693
13	Waiting for Superman	Documentary	PG	$6,417,135	813,325	$6,417,134
14	Under the Sea 3D	Documentary	G	$5,857,442	742,388	$5,857,441
15	Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World	Documentary		$5,198,114	658,823	$5,198,113
16	Mao's Last Dancer	Drama	PG	$4,806,750	609,221	$4,806,754
17	The Runaways	Drama	R	$3,573,673	452,937	$3,573,673
18	Inside Job	Documentary	PG-13	$3,452,017	437,518	$3,452,017
19	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Documentary		$3,291,250	417,142	$3,291,250
20	Catfish	Documentary	PG-13	$3,237,343	410,310	$3,237,346
21	U2 3D	Concert/Performance	G	$2,054,521	260,396	$2,054,524
22	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,931,542	244,809	$1,931,543
23	Nowhere Boy	Drama	R	$1,445,366	183,190	$1,445,369
24	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$1,379,500	174,842	$1,379,503
25	Restrepo	Documentary	R	$1,330,894	168,681	$1,330,893
26	I Love You, Phillip Morris	Comedy	R	$1,126,302	142,751	$1,126,305
27	The Perfect Game	Drama	PG	$1,089,445	138,079	$1,089,443
28	Princess Kaiulani	Drama	PG	$883,887	112,026	$883,885
29	The Tillman Story	Documentary	R	$798,940	101,260	$798,941
30	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$781,527	99,053	$781,528
31	The Wildest Dream	Documentary	PG	$694,298	87,997	$694,296
32	Vincere	Drama		$619,162	78,474	$619,160
33	Howl	Drama	R	$591,812	75,008	$591,813
34	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$533,479	67,615	$533,482
35	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$492,379	62,405	$492,375
36	Phish 3D	Concert/Performance		$485,913	61,586	$485,914
37	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	Documentary	Not Rated	$458,309	58,087	$458,306
38	I Want Your Money	Documentary	PG	$433,588	54,954	$433,587
39	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers	Documentary		$416,775	52,823	$416,773
40	I'm Still Here	Documentary	R	$408,983	51,836	$408,986
41	L'affaire Farewell	Thriller/Suspense		$390,157	49,450	$390,161
42	Lebanon	Drama	R	$368,088	46,652	$368,084
43	Creation	Drama	PG-13	$341,323	43,260	$341,321
44	Vision	Drama		$319,683	40,517	$319,679
45	Holy Rollers	Drama	R	$303,064	38,411	$303,063
46	Last Train Home	Documentary		$288,328	36,543	$288,324
47	Countdown to Zero	Documentary	PG	$272,040	34,479	$272,039
48	Breath Made Visible	Documentary		$267,281	33,876	$267,282
49	Kings of Pastry	Documentary		$264,482	33,521	$264,481
50	L'ennemi public n�1	Drama	R	$262,253	33,239	$262,256
51	Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child	Documentary		$256,242	32,477	$256,244
52	When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors	Documentary	R	$246,078	31,189	$246,081
53	Casino Jack	Thriller/Suspense	R	$234,094	29,670	$234,096
54	Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny	Documentary		$212,601	26,946	$212,604
55	Sweetgrass	Documentary		$207,473	26,296	$207,475
56	Casino Jack and the United States of Money	Documentary	R	$176,865	22,416	$176,862
57	South of the Border	Documentary		$174,203	22,079	$174,203
58	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Documentary	R	$170,829	21,651	$170,826
59	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Documentary		$162,122	20,548	$162,124
60	Love Ranch	Drama	R	$137,885	17,476	$137,886
61	Carlos	Drama		$135,526	17,177	$135,527
62	Stonewall Uprising	Documentary		$128,203	16,249	$128,205
63	Valley of the Hearts Delight	Drama		$118,666	15,040	$118,666
64	The Big Uneasy	Documentary		$116,698	14,791	$116,701
65	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$116,152	14,721	$116,149
66	Blood Done Sign My Name	Drama	PG-13	$109,383	13,863	$109,379
67	Waste Land	Documentary		$102,454	12,985	$102,452
68	8: The Mormon Proposition	Documentary	R	$100,280	12,710	$100,282
69	Red Cliff	Action	R	$100,206	12,700	$100,203
70	Waking Sleeping Beauty	Documentary	PG	$80,741	10,233	$80,738
71	La siciliana ribelle	Drama		$71,239	9,029	$71,239
72	Living in Emergency	Documentary		$69,047	8,751	$69,045
73	Budrus	Documentary		$68,353	8,663	$68,351
74	2012: Time for Change	Drama		$68,339	8,661	$68,335
75	Dancing Across Borders	Documentary		$66,166	8,386	$66,166
76	Racing Dreams	Documentary	PG	$65,082	8,249	$65,085
77	Marwencol	Documentary		$63,292	8,022	$63,294
78	Cool It	Documentary	PG	$62,713	7,948	$62,710
79	The Nature of Existence	Documentary		$54,645	6,926	$54,646
80	Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields	Documentary		$54,152	6,863	$54,149
81	Enemies of the People	Documentary		$46,463	5,889	$46,464
82	Cropsey	Documentary		$42,392	5,373	$42,393
83	Queen of the Sun	Documentary		$41,895	5,310	$41,896
84	The Red Baron	Drama	PG-13	$40,789	5,170	$40,791
85	The Legend of Pale Male	Documentary		$38,083	4,827	$38,085
86	L'arm�e du crime	Thriller/Suspense		$37,031	4,693	$37,028
87	Boxing Gym	Documentary		$36,812	4,666	$36,815
88	Bhutto	Documentary		$34,963	4,431	$34,961
89	The Yes Men Fix the World	Documentary		$34,136	4,326	$34,132
90	Ahead of Time	Documentary		$33,024	4,186	$33,028
91	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Documentary		$32,608	4,133	$32,609
92	Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?	Documentary		$30,975	3,926	$30,976
93	GasLand	Documentary		$30,846	3,910	$30,850
94	Deux de la vague	Documentary		$28,808	3,651	$28,806
95	The Human Experience	Documentary	PG-13	$27,170	3,444	$27,173
96	October Country	Documentary		$26,185	3,319	$26,187
97	Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno	Documentary		$24,328	3,083	$24,325
98	Behind the Burly Q	Documentary		$23,889	3,028	$23,891
99	Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie	Documentary		$23,886	3,027	$23,883
100	The Other City	Documentary		$22,539	2,857	$22,542
101	And Everything is Going Fine	Documentary		$22,080	2,798	$22,076
102	Raw Faith	Documentary		$20,956	2,656	$20,956
103	Double Take	Documentary		$20,218	2,562	$20,214
104	Neshoba: The Price of Freedom	Documentary		$19,245	2,439	$19,244
105	The Horse Boy	Documentary		$19,117	2,423	$19,117
106	Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo	Documentary		$15,930	2,019	$15,930
107	Shoah	Documentary		$15,642	1,983	$15,646
108	The End of Poverty?	Documentary		$15,444	1,957	$15,441
109	The Beaches of Agnes	Documentary		$14,523	1,841	$14,525
110	The Kids Grow Up	Documentary		$12,095	1,533	$12,095
111	After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United	Documentary		$12,085	1,532	$12,087
112	Picture Me: A Model's Diary	Documentary		$11,848	1,502	$11,851
113	Good Hair	Documentary	PG-13	$11,053	1,401	$11,054
114	The Two Escobars	Documentary		$10,942	1,387	$10,943
115	Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,991	1,013	$7,993
116	The Cove	Documentary	PG-13	$7,934	1,006	$7,937
117	Mugabe and the White African	Documentary		$7,924	1,004	$7,922
118	The Thorn in the Heart	Documentary		$7,376	935	$7,377
119	Only When I Dance	Documentary		$7,150	906	$7,148
120	Crude	Documentary		$6,878	872	$6,880
121	The Cartel	Documentary		$6,569	833	$6,572
122	Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers	Documentary		$6,280	796	$6,280
123	Phyllis and Harold	Documentary		$5,992	759	$5,989
124	Nenette	Documentary		$5,450	691	$5,452
125	Whiz Kids	Documentary		$5,386	683	$5,389
126	Smash His Camera	Documentary	PG-13	$3,644	462	$3,645
127	American Grindhouse	Documentary		$3,598	456	$3,598
128	Det rode kapel	Documentary		$3,539	449	$3,543
129	The September Issue	Documentary	PG-13	$3,517	446	$3,519
130	Eichmann	Drama		$2,706	343	$2,706
131	Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo	Documentary		$2,198	279	$2,201
132	Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy	Documentary		$2,126	269	$2,122
133	Nobody's Perfect	Documentary		$2,122	269	$2,122
134	A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism	Documentary		$1,916	243	$1,917
135	45365	Documentary		$1,909	242	$1,909
136	Carbon Nation	Documentary		$1,470	186	$1,468
137	Convention			$1,220	155	$1,223
138	Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg	Documentary	Not Rated	$961	122	$963
Total Gross of All Movies				$433,984,711
Total Tickets Sold					55,004,402
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$433,984,732

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2010. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2009 will most likely earn money in 2009 and 2010. 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.