Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2012

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2012 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Vow	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$123,473,456	15,570,423	$122,850,637
2	Red Tails	Action	PG-13	$49,703,342	6,267,761	$49,452,634
3	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$29,194,318	3,681,503	$29,047,059
4	Big Miracle	Drama	PG	$20,113,965	2,536,439	$20,012,504
5	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$5,661,684	713,958	$5,633,129
6	Pina	Documentary	PG	$3,143,454	396,400	$3,127,596
7	Born to be Wild 3D	Documentary	G	$2,480,498	312,799	$2,467,984
8	Hubble 3D	Documentary	G	$1,653,777	208,547	$1,645,436
9	Rampart	Drama	R	$856,670	108,029	$852,349
10	Under the Sea 3D	Documentary	G	$768,327	96,889	$764,454
11	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	Documentary	PG	$665,827	83,963	$662,468
12	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$655,199	82,623	$651,895
13	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$491,855	62,025	$489,377
14	W.E.	Drama	R	$490,791	61,890	$488,312
15	Undefeated	Documentary	PG-13	$424,282	53,503	$422,139
16	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$270,810	34,150	$269,444
17	Crazy Horse	Documentary		$140,810	17,757	$140,103
18	Bully	Documentary	R	$116,472	14,688	$115,888
19	Gerhard Richter Painting	Documentary		$71,896	9,066	$71,531
20	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	Documentary	PG	$65,351	8,241	$65,021
21	La guerre est d�clar�e	Drama		$46,225	5,829	$45,991
22	An Inconsistent Truth	Documentary	PG	$46,161	5,821	$45,928
23	Deep Sea 3-D	Documentary	G	$45,141	5,692	$44,910
24	Sing Your Song	Documentary		$42,589	5,371	$42,377
25	El Bulli: Cooking in Progress	Documentary		$41,054	5,177	$40,847
26	Paan Singh Tomar	Action		$40,311	5,083	$40,105
27	The Pruitt-Igoe Myth	Documentary		$39,547	4,987	$39,347
28	My Reincarnation	Documentary		$38,819	4,895	$38,622
29	In Film Nist	Documentary		$37,706	4,755	$37,517
30	Addiction Incorporated	Documentary	PG-13	$33,532	4,228	$33,359
31	La conqu�te	Drama		$33,344	4,205	$33,177
32	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Documentary	PG	$20,370	2,569	$20,269
33	The Island President	Documentary	PG	$17,903	2,258	$17,816
34	Better Than Something: Jay Reatard	Documentary		$17,401	2,194	$17,311
35	The Whale	Documentary	G	$15,515	1,956	$15,433
36	Crazy Wisdom	Documentary		$15,163	1,912	$15,086
37	Eames: The Architect and the Painter	Documentary		$13,275	1,674	$13,208
38	How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster?	Drama		$13,013	1,641	$12,947
39	The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby	Documentary		$12,454	1,570	$12,387
40	Khodorkovsky	Documentary		$11,059	1,395	$11,007
41	Paul Goodman Changed My Life	Documentary		$11,036	1,392	$10,983
42	Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston	Documentary		$10,357	1,306	$10,304
43	Man on a Mission	Documentary		$8,688	1,096	$8,647
44	The Snowtown Murders	Thriller/Suspense		$8,452	1,066	$8,411
45	Last Days Here	Documentary		$7,643	964	$7,606
46	Charlotte Rampling: The Look	Documentary		$6,817	860	$6,785
47	Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow	Documentary		$6,762	853	$6,730
48	Garbo: El esp�a	Documentary		$6,330	798	$6,296
49	Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu	Documentary		$5,333	673	$5,310
50	Windfall	Documentary		$5,097	643	$5,073
51	Hell and Back Again	Documentary		$4,743	598	$4,718
52	Kongen av Bast�y	Drama		$4,162	525	$4,142
53	Granito: How to Nail a Dictator	Documentary		$3,988	503	$3,969
54	Art is...The Permanent Revolution	Documentary		$3,982	502	$3,961
55	Putin's Kiss	Documentary		$3,964	500	$3,945
56	Jane's Journey	Documentary		$3,507	442	$3,487
57	Amigo	Drama	R	$3,015	380	$2,998
58	Pianomania	Documentary		$2,524	318	$2,509
59	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$2,240	282	$2,225
60	The Beat Hotel	Documentary		$1,458	184	$1,452
61	Into the Abyss	Documentary	PG-13	$540	68	$537
Total Gross of All Movies				$241,134,004
Total Tickets Sold					30,407,819
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$239,917,692

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2012. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2012. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2011 will most likely earn money in 2011 and 2012. 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.