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Based on Factual Book/Article Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Based on Factual Book/Article movies by year and first letter.

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  1. Index of Movies by Year
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The table below lists the top-grossing Based on Factual Book/Article movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Based on Factual Book/Article films released that year. The "Annual Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Based on Factual Book/Article movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    89      
2024 Annual Stats  16    $14,786,005  Arthur the King
2023 Annual Stats  39  $50,000,000  $1,161,346,096  Oppenheimer
2022 Annual Stats  33  $6,300,000  $66,039,441  Devotion
2021 Annual Stats  43  $43,000,000  $217,990,026  House of Gucci
2020 Annual Stats  37  $47,650,000  $74,130,067  Namsaneui Bujangdeul
2019 Annual Stats  33  $29,630,000  $699,629,488  Ford v. Ferrari
2018 Annual Stats  29  $27,440,000  $651,071,200  The Mule
2017 Annual Stats  29  $25,681,818  $835,038,682  Wonder
2016 Annual Stats  32  $25,621,429  $1,002,042,036  Sully
2015 Annual Stats  32  $23,430,769  $769,653,044  Pitch Perfect 2
2014 Annual Stats  17  $28,916,667  $1,590,434,390  American Sniper
2013 Annual Stats  14  $52,250,000  $1,804,337,343  Fast and Furious 6
2012 Annual Stats  20  $25,642,857  $912,872,705  Lincoln
2011 Annual Stats  24  $34,585,000  $1,120,146,608  Fast Five
2010 Annual Stats  9  $44,580,000  $489,180,820  Eat Pray Love
2009 Annual Stats  12  $32,393,750  $923,602,541  Fast & Furious
2008 Annual Stats  3  $37,500,000  $9,813,309  The Express
2007 Annual Stats  9  $40,233,333  $432,889,496  American Gangster
2006 Annual Stats  3  $48,500,000  $166,500,906  The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2005 Annual Stats  5  $37,833,333  $240,639,953  Munich
2004 Annual Stats  3  $20,666,667  $83,169,337  Friday Night Lights
2003 Annual Stats  5  $72,333,333  $426,527,094  2 Fast 2 Furious
2002 Annual Stats  4  $39,250,000  $541,603,736  Catch Me if You Can
2001 Annual Stats  8  $26,166,667  $595,734,770  A Beautiful Mind
2000 Annual Stats  4  $73,666,667  $394,427,869  The Perfect Storm
1999 Annual Stats  4  $47,000,000  $91,040,705  The Insider
1998 Annual Stats  2      
1997 Annual Stats  4  $35,666,667  $212,848,404  Anastasia
1995 Annual Stats  2  $44,000,000  $514,721,672  Apollo 13
1994    1    $2,667,163  The Scout
1993    4  $25,000,000  $27,943,652  Gettysburg
1992    1    $9,289,349  Chaplin
1991    5  $40,000,000  $233,176,524  JFK
1990    3    $20,512,022  Reversal of Fortune
1989    2  $14,000,000  $71,920,698  Born on the Fourth of July
1988    3    $10,925,250  A Cry in the Dark
1987    1    $1,672,572  Prick Up Your Ears
1985    2    $17,212,880  The Falcon and the Snowman
1984    2    $13,076,462  The Bounty
1983    2  $27,000,000  $27,973,203  The Right Stuff
1981    2  $3,000,000  $10,033,925  Gallipoli
1980    2  $5,000,000  $63,146,594  Brubaker
1979    1      
1978    2    $23,763,400  The Buddy Holly Story
1977    1      
1976    2  $8,500,000  $51,048,857  All the President’s Men
1975    4    $109,284,181  Dog Day Afternoon
1973    2  $3,000,000  $27,301,609  Serpico
1972    2    $19,726,490  Lady Sings the Blues
1971    4  $2,200,000  $41,161,299  The French Connection
1970    1  $12,000,000  $62,500,000  Patton
1969    2    $6,000,000  If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1968    2    $33,912,624  Yours, Mine and Ours
1967    1  $3,500,000  $13,007,551  In Cold Blood
1966    1    $3,577  Shakespeare Wallah
1965    1  $5,800,000  $6,800,000  The Train
1964    1  $19,000,000  $4,750,000  The Fall of the Roman Empire
1963    1    $1,253  Le quattro giornate di Napoli
1962    1    $8,920,615  The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1958    2    $67,972  Montparnasse 19
1957    1      
1956    1      
1954    1    $7,785  Anatahan
1950    1      
1945    1      
1943    1    $12,500,000  The Song of Bernadette
1935    2      
Total  634  $32,689,080  $16,973,072,454  Oppenheimer

The table below shows the highest-grossing Based on Factual Book/Article movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Based on Factual Book/Article movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
1  5  $33,750,000  $382,990,781  12 Years a Slave
2  2  $39,250,000  $269,760,548  2 Fast 2 Furious
3  1  $25,000,000  $28,287,489  The 33
4  1      
7  1      
9  1  $5,000,000  $4,816,142  90 Minutes in Heaven
A  30  $51,000,000  $1,710,289,147  American Sniper
B  53  $29,500,000  $1,407,166,477  A Beautiful Mind
C  36  $35,066,667  $611,386,058  Catch Me if You Can
D  33  $15,088,889  $471,340,532  Dangerous Minds
E  11  $22,650,000  $322,268,750  Eat Pray Love
F  29  $66,641,667  $2,644,957,549  Fast and Furious 6
G  36  $37,811,111  $289,870,045  Gangster Squad
H  27  $27,555,556  $751,169,991  Hidden Figures
I  26  $27,470,000  $584,673,633  The Imitation Game
J  10  $30,000,000  $307,533,072  JFK
K  7  $12,000,000  $12,031,025  King of Thieves
L  37  $38,875,000  $863,871,128  Lincoln
M  45  $37,000,000  $756,392,339  The Mule
N  18    $101,332,391  Namsaneui Bujangdeul
O  18  $24,016,667  $1,078,935,727  Oppenheimer
P  33  $38,583,333  $1,379,467,389  The Perfect Storm
Q  4  $15,000,000  $10,056,734  Queen of Katwe
R  26  $22,750,000  $238,626,285  The Rite
S  55  $29,250,000  $645,950,143  Sully
T  34  $15,550,000  $430,332,467  The Theory of Everything
U  11  $28,166,667  $278,597,047  Unbroken
V  6  $21,000,000  $98,128,325  Victoria and Abdul
W  28  $32,068,182  $1,230,533,386  The Wolf of Wall Street
Y  6    $30,268,814  Yours, Mine and Ours
Z  4  $12,500,000  $31,491,836  The Zookeeper’s Wife