Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Concert/Performance	G	$73,013,910	9,207,303	$72,645,621
2	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$72,015,969	9,081,459	$71,652,712
3	The Fighter	Drama	R	$47,228,156	5,955,631	$46,989,929
4	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$36,650,831	4,621,795	$36,465,963
5	50/50	Black Comedy		$35,014,192	4,415,409	$34,837,577
6	Sanctum	Adventure	R	$23,209,310	2,926,773	$23,092,239
7	African Cats	Documentary	G	$15,428,747	1,945,618	$15,350,926
8	Born to be Wild 3D	Documentary	G	$15,183,665	1,914,712	$15,107,078
9	The Conspirator	Drama	PG-13	$11,538,204	1,455,007	$11,480,005
10	Hubble 3D	Documentary	G	$9,936,258	1,252,996	$9,886,138
11	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$8,935,721	1,126,825	$8,890,649
12	127 Hours	Drama	R	$7,900,795	996,317	$7,860,941
13	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	Documentary	G	$5,304,920	668,968	$5,278,158
14	Under the Sea 3D	Documentary	G	$4,948,586	624,034	$4,923,628
15	Buck	Documentary	PG	$4,036,175	508,975	$4,015,813
16	Des Hommes et Des Dieux	Drama	R	$3,954,651	498,695	$3,934,704
17	The Social Network	Drama	PG-13	$3,740,668	471,711	$3,721,800
18	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,167,258	273,299	$2,156,329
19	Unstoppable	Action	PG-13	$2,094,456	264,118	$2,083,891
20	The Mighty Macs	Drama	G	$1,891,936	238,580	$1,882,396
21	Gerry	Drama		$1,844,754	232,630	$1,835,451
22	Senna	Documentary	R	$1,612,430	203,333	$1,604,297
23	I Am	Documentary		$1,591,034	200,635	$1,583,010
24	Bill Cunningham New York	Documentary		$1,510,026	190,419	$1,502,406
25	The Devil's Double	Drama	R	$1,361,512	171,691	$1,354,642
26	Flying Monsters 3D	Documentary		$1,249,730	157,595	$1,243,425
27	Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest	Documentary	R	$1,200,046	151,330	$1,193,994
28	Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness	Documentary		$1,131,261	142,656	$1,125,556
29	The Whistleblower	Drama	R	$1,120,914	141,351	$1,115,259
30	There Be Dragons	Drama	PG-13	$1,069,334	134,847	$1,063,943
31	Page One: Inside the New York Times	Documentary	R	$1,067,028	134,556	$1,061,647
32	I Love You, Phillip Morris	Comedy	R	$911,157	114,900	$906,561
33	Inside Job	Documentary	PG-13	$859,817	108,426	$855,481
34	Casino Jack	Thriller/Suspense	R	$808,865	102,001	$804,788
35	Tabloid!	Documentary	R	$696,921	87,884	$693,405
36	Secretariat	Drama	PG	$645,831	81,441	$642,569
37	POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold	Documentary	PG-13	$638,476	80,514	$635,255
38	The Last Lions	Documentary	PG	$635,325	80,117	$632,123
39	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$602,990	76,039	$599,948
40	Machine Gun Preacher	Drama	R	$538,690	67,931	$535,976
41	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$524,144	66,096	$521,497
42	Pearl Jam Twenty	Documentary		$471,334	59,437	$468,958
43	No One Killed Jessica	Drama		$442,036	55,742	$439,804
44	*FairGame**	Drama	PG-13	$421,935	53,207	$419,803
45	Project Nim	Documentary	PG-13	$411,184	51,852	$409,112
46	The 5th Quarter	Drama	PG	$408,159	51,470	$406,098
47	Turtle: The Incredible Journey	Documentary	G	$391,942	49,425	$389,963
48	The First Grader	Drama	PG-13	$332,306	41,905	$330,630
49	L'Amour Fou	Documentary		$312,494	39,407	$310,921
50	The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975	Documentary		$273,749	34,521	$272,371
51	Conan O'Brien Can't Stop	Documentary	R	$267,965	33,791	$266,611
52	Phil Ochs	Documentary		$263,723	33,256	$262,390
53	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$262,465	33,098	$261,143
54	PASSIONE: A Musical Adventure	Documentary		$258,222	32,563	$256,922
55	Life in a Day	Documentary	PG	$252,788	31,877	$251,510
56	My Perestroika	Documentary		$242,706	30,606	$241,481
57	The Interrupters	Documentary		$236,957	29,881	$235,761
58	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Documentary	PG	$236,939	29,879	$235,745
59	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$230,767	29,101	$229,607
60	Pina	Documentary	PG	$228,992	28,877	$227,840
61	Into the Abyss	Documentary	PG-13	$223,340	28,164	$222,214
62	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$220,409	27,794	$219,295
63	Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master	Action	R	$205,675	25,936	$204,635
64	The Wildest Dream	Documentary	PG	$203,839	25,705	$202,812
65	Queen of the Sun	Documentary		$203,100	25,612	$202,079
66	El Bulli: Cooking in Progress	Documentary		$196,127	24,732	$195,135
67	JIG	Documentary	PG	$183,790	23,177	$182,867
68	Amigo	Drama	R	$180,582	22,772	$179,671
69	American: The Bill Hicks Story	Documentary		$174,796	22,042	$173,911
70	The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby	Documentary		$170,888	21,550	$170,030
71	Magic Trip	Documentary	R	$154,521	19,486	$153,745
72	Ji�n D?ng W?i Y�	Drama		$151,305	19,080	$150,541
73	Revenge of the Electric Car	Documentary	PG-13	$150,886	19,027	$150,123
74	Thunder Soul	Documentary	PG	$143,986	18,157	$143,259
75	Nostalgia de la luz	Documentary		$142,285	17,943	$141,570
76	Eames: The Architect and the Painter	Documentary		$139,813	17,631	$139,109
77	Xinhai geming	Drama	R	$135,739	17,117	$135,053
78	The Last Mountain	Documentary	PG	$122,959	15,506	$122,342
79	Nanjing! Nanjing!	Drama	R	$122,558	15,455	$121,940
80	Blank City	Documentary		$116,037	14,633	$115,454
81	Vision	Drama		$115,591	14,576	$115,005
82	Rejoice and Shout	Documentary	PG	$100,237	12,640	$99,730
83	The Undefeated	Documentary	PG-13	$100,085	12,621	$99,580
84	Exporting Raymond	Documentary	PG	$87,727	11,063	$87,287
85	Vidal Sassoon: The Movie	Documentary	PG	$85,974	10,842	$85,543
86	Waste Land	Documentary		$85,262	10,752	$84,833
87	Su Qi Er	Action	R	$80,096	10,100	$79,689
88	Circo	Documentary		$77,466	9,769	$77,077
89	Kings of Pastry	Documentary		$71,904	9,067	$71,539
90	Bhutto	Documentary		$65,239	8,227	$64,911
91	If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front	Drama		$61,794	7,792	$61,479
92	The Whale	Documentary	G	$61,120	7,707	$60,808
93	How to Live Forever	Documentary		$60,630	7,646	$60,327
94	Limelight	Documentary		$60,335	7,608	$60,027
95	Crime after Crime	Documentary		$60,291	7,603	$59,988
96	Finding Joe	Documentary		$55,518	7,001	$55,238
97	Into Eternity	Documentary		$55,366	6,982	$55,088
98	The Other F Word	Documentary		$53,714	6,774	$53,447
99	Farmageddon	Documentary		$53,256	6,716	$52,989
100	!Women, Art, Revolution	Documentary		$52,681	6,643	$52,413
101	My Reincarnation	Documentary		$51,742	6,525	$51,482
102	Orgasm Inc.	Documentary		$49,001	6,179	$48,752
103	Marwencol	Documentary		$48,744	6,147	$48,500
104	Pianomania	Documentary		$47,328	5,968	$47,088
105	Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death & Technology	Documentary		$46,782	5,899	$46,543
106	The Woodmans	Documentary		$46,623	5,879	$46,385
107	Crazy Wisdom	Documentary		$43,742	5,516	$43,521
108	Love Etc.	Documentary		$43,593	5,497	$43,371
109	Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow	Documentary		$43,214	5,449	$42,993
110	Public Speaking	Documentary		$43,184	5,446	$42,969
111	People v. The State of Illusion	Documentary		$42,202	5,322	$41,991
112	La conqu�te	Drama		$41,130	5,187	$40,925
113	Louder Than A Bomb	Documentary		$40,362	5,090	$40,160
114	Road to Nowhere	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,294	5,081	$40,089
115	Where Soldiers Come From	Documentary		$38,151	4,811	$37,959
116	Granito: How to Nail a Dictator	Documentary		$36,738	4,633	$36,554
117	Hell and Back Again	Documentary		$34,637	4,368	$34,464
118	Making the Boys	Documentary		$33,833	4,266	$33,659
119	The Time That Remains	Drama		$32,869	4,145	$32,704
120	HEY, BOO: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird	Documentary		$31,135	3,926	$30,976
121	Topp Twins Untouchable Girls	Documentary		$29,200	3,682	$29,051
122	Khodorkovsky	Documentary		$27,718	3,495	$27,576
123	Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu	Documentary		$27,556	3,475	$27,418
124	Enemies of the People	Documentary		$26,708	3,368	$26,574
125	Howl	Drama	R	$25,522	3,218	$25,390
126	Paul Goodman Changed My Life	Documentary		$25,020	3,155	$24,893
127	Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure	Documentary		$23,901	3,014	$23,780
128	Jane's Journey	Documentary		$23,746	2,994	$23,623
129	Garbo: El esp�a	Documentary		$22,233	2,804	$22,124
130	Incendiary: The Willingham Case	Documentary		$21,882	2,759	$21,769
131	The Arbor	Documentary		$21,610	2,725	$21,500
132	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff	Documentary		$20,840	2,628	$20,735
133	Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles	Documentary		$20,726	2,614	$20,624
134	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Documentary	R	$18,587	2,344	$18,494
135	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$18,218	2,297	$18,123
136	Battle for Brooklyn	Documentary		$17,981	2,267	$17,887
137	5 Days of War	Drama	R	$17,479	2,204	$17,390
138	The Last Ride	Drama	PG-13	$16,270	2,052	$16,190
139	Dumbstruck	Documentary	PG	$15,378	1,939	$15,299
140	Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields	Documentary		$14,567	1,837	$14,494
141	Armadillo	Documentary		$14,566	1,837	$14,494
142	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within	Documentary		$13,772	1,737	$13,705
143	Benda Bilili!	Documentary	PG-13	$13,420	1,692	$13,350
144	Beautiful Darling	Documentary		$13,400	1,690	$13,334
145	Charlotte Rampling: The Look	Documentary		$13,171	1,661	$13,105
146	L'ennemi public n�1	Drama	R	$13,134	1,656	$13,066
147	Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story	Documentary	G	$13,080	1,649	$13,011
148	Nenette	Documentary		$12,559	1,584	$12,498
149	America the Beautiful II: The Thin Commandments	Documentary		$12,366	1,559	$12,301
150	Rebirth	Documentary		$12,358	1,558	$12,293
151	Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace	Documentary		$12,139	1,531	$12,080
152	Sarah Palin: You Betcha!	Documentary		$10,935	1,379	$10,880
153	Carlos	Drama		$10,000	1,261	$9,949
154	Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten	Documentary		$9,256	1,167	$9,208
155	Je suis heureux que ma mere soit vivante	Drama		$8,705	1,098	$8,663
156	Boxing Gym	Documentary		$6,898	870	$6,864
157	Addiction Incorporated	Documentary	PG-13	$6,442	812	$6,407
158	Florent: Queen of the Meat Market	Documentary		$6,282	792	$6,249
159	Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie	Documentary		$6,007	757	$5,973
160	Elevate	Documentary	PG	$5,580	704	$5,555
161	Sons of Perdition	Documentary	R	$5,401	681	$5,373
162	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould	Documentary		$5,386	679	$5,357
163	Burke & Hare	Black Comedy	R	$4,833	609	$4,805
164	Shoah	Documentary		$4,533	572	$4,513
165	Building Hope	Documentary		$4,000	504	$3,977
166	The Harvest/La Cosecha	Documentary		$3,709	468	$3,693
167	The Sons of Tennessee Williams	Documentary		$3,242	409	$3,227
168	The Swell Season	Documentary		$3,178	401	$3,164
169	Plastic Planet	Documentary		$3,164	399	$3,148
170	The Weird World of Blowfly	Documentary		$3,062	386	$3,046
171	Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel	Documentary	R	$3,050	385	$3,038
172	Protektor	Documentary		$2,968	374	$2,951
173	Raw Faith	Documentary		$2,711	342	$2,698
174	Forks Over Knives	Documentary	PG	$2,700	340	$2,683
175	Det rode kapel	Documentary		$2,657	335	$2,643
176	Knuckle	Documentary	R	$2,647	334	$2,635
177	Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers	Documentary		$2,647	334	$2,635
178	American Grindhouse	Documentary		$1,931	244	$1,925
179	Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno	Documentary		$1,161	146	$1,152
180	Picture Me: A Model's Diary	Documentary		$160	20	$158
Total Gross of All Movies				$418,095,933
Total Tickets Sold					52,723,321
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$415,987,003

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.