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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
See also: Top Based on Real Life Events Domestic - Top Based on Real Life Events International
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
See our Based on Real Life Events Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Real Life Events movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,849,392 | $1,678,874 | $170,518 |
| 1,002 | 2011 | Gerry | $1,844,754 | $1,844,754 | |
| 1,003 | 2023 | Nefes: Yer Eksi Iki | $1,842,941 | $1,842,941 | |
| 1,004 | 2021 | Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank | $1,837,162 | $1,837,162 | |
| 1,005 | 2013 | Rasputin | $1,834,763 | $1,834,763 | |
| 1,006 | 2022 | Dante | $1,831,733 | $1,831,733 | |
| 1,007 | 2020 | Kalashnikov | $1,827,799 | $1,827,799 | |
| 1,008 | 2001 | Startup.com | $1,827,627 | $1,280,975 | $546,652 |
| 1,009 | 2023 | André Rieu Live in Dublin | $1,826,384 | $1,826,384 | |
| 1,010 | 2001 | N'sync: Bigger than Live | $1,808,679 | $1,808,679 | |
| 1,011 | 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White H… | $1,806,266 | $768,646 | $1,037,620 |
| 1,012 | 2018 | The Taste of Apple | $1,799,319 | $1,799,319 | |
| 1,013 | 1999 | Tumbleweeds | $1,788,168 | $1,350,248 | $437,920 |
| 1,014 | 2017 | Human Flow | $1,782,002 | $527,845 | $1,254,157 |
| 1,015 | 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | $1,779,570 | $1,415,082 | $364,488 |
| 1,016 | 2019 | Lev Yashin. Vratar moey mechty | $1,778,723 | $1,778,723 | |
| 1,017 | 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | $1,773,648 | $1,773,648 | |
| 1,018 | 2005 | Murderball | $1,772,979 | $1,531,154 | $241,825 |
| 1,019 | 2019 | Chiara Ferragni - Unposted | $1,770,900 | $1,770,900 | |
| 1,020 | 2018 | El Potro, lo mejor del amor | $1,769,897 | $1,769,897 | |
| 1,021 | 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | $1,766,703 | $1,055,284 | $711,419 |
| 1,022 | 2016 | Weiner | $1,751,120 | $1,675,196 | $75,924 |
| 1,023 | 2024 | Komandir (Командир) | $1,744,729 | $1,744,729 | |
| 1,024 | 2021 | Joe Bell | $1,737,406 | $1,405,488 | $331,918 |
| 1,025 | 2024 | 2 Win | $1,737,015 | $1,737,015 | |
| 1,026 | 2014 | Tim's Vermeer | $1,724,484 | $1,670,806 | $53,678 |
| 1,027 | 2007 | Sharkwater | $1,720,833 | $850,920 | $869,913 |
| 1,028 | 2020 | The King of Staten Island | $1,709,573 | $1,709,573 | |
| 1,029 | 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $1,703,901 | $1,703,901 | |
| 1,030 | 2022 | Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song | $1,702,600 | $1,062,603 | $639,997 |
| 1,031 | 2023 | Anselm: Das Rauschen der Zeit | $1,701,543 | $508,895 | $1,192,648 |
| 1,032 | 2015 | Meet the Patels | $1,700,680 | $1,700,680 | |
| 1,033 | 2021 | Qui rido io | $1,694,059 | $1,694,059 | |
| 1,034 | 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,693,676 | $1,615,732 | $77,944 |
| 1,035 | 2022 | All The Beauty And The Bloodshed | $1,684,612 | $500,082 | $1,184,530 |
| 1,036 | 2020 | Josep | $1,683,019 | $1,683,019 | |
| 1,037 | 1985 | Bring on the Night | $1,675,689 | $1,675,689 | |
| 1,038 | 2023 | National Theatre Live: Good | $1,674,053 | $1,674,053 | |
| 1,039 | 2019 | Fantastic Fungi | $1,672,211 | $1,573,734 | $98,477 |
| 1,040 | 2017 | Walk with me | $1,670,985 | $726,593 | $944,392 |
| 1,041 | 2016 | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | $1,663,785 | $1,663,785 | |
| 1,042 | 2007 | Factory Girl | $1,661,464 | $1,661,464 | |
| 1,043 | 2017 | Rammstein: Paris | $1,658,090 | $1,658,090 | |
| 1,044 | 2015 | The Letters | $1,647,416 | $1,647,416 | |
| 1,045 | 2019 | Variações | $1,638,893 | $1,638,893 | |
| 1,046 | 2018 | The Dawn Wall | $1,631,682 | $1,037,023 | $594,659 |
| 1,047 | 2021 | Beullaekpingkeu deo mubi | $1,625,095 | $1,625,095 | |
| 1,048 | 1994 | Vertical Reality | $1,619,747 | $1,619,747 | |
| 1,049 | 2010 | Carlos | $1,619,153 | $145,526 | $1,473,627 |
| 1,050 | 2008 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $1,612,746 | $80,037 | $1,532,709 |
| 1,051 | 2014 | National Gallery | $1,611,769 | $253,941 | $1,357,828 |
| 1,052 | 2015 | Noma: My Perfect Storm | $1,611,738 | $21,130 | $1,590,608 |
| 1,053 | 2016 | Embrace | $1,611,592 | $412,340 | $1,199,252 |
| 1,054 | 2009 | It Might Get Loud | $1,610,163 | $1,610,163 | |
| 1,055 | 2023 | Route 60: The Biblical Highway | $1,606,339 | $1,606,339 | |
| 1,056 | 2002 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $1,600,566 | $1,293,295 | $307,271 |
| 1,057 | 2023 | Bernadette | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 | |
| 1,058 | 2016 | The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk R… | $1,593,768 | $1,169,214 | $424,554 |
| 1,059 | 2022 | Il signore delle formiche | $1,592,433 | $1,592,433 | |
| 1,060 | 1997 | Rhyme & Reason | $1,591,687 | $1,591,687 | |
| 1,061 | 2011 | I Am | $1,591,034 | $1,591,034 | |
| 1,062 | 2019 | Pájaros de verano | $1,588,408 | $507,259 | $1,081,149 |
| 1,063 | 2011 | Project Nim | $1,583,533 | $411,184 | $1,172,349 |
| 1,064 | 2021 | The Alpinist | $1,580,415 | $844,743 | $735,672 |
| 1,065 | 2017 | The Stray | $1,579,440 | $1,579,440 | |
| 1,066 | 2015 | Queen of the Desert | $1,578,543 | $1,578,543 | |
| 1,067 | 2022 | Coldplay: Music of the Spheres Live Broadcast f… | $1,564,622 | $1,564,622 | |
| 1,068 | 2022 | Twenty One Pilots: Cinema Experience | $1,560,000 | $875,000 | $685,000 |
| 1,069 | 2017 | Defenders | $1,549,782 | $1,549,782 | |
| 1,070 | 2014 | Fed Up | $1,546,228 | $1,538,898 | $7,330 |
| 1,071 | 2012 | Rampart | $1,540,340 | $969,239 | $571,101 |
| 1,072 | 2021 | Man of God | $1,538,142 | $920,561 | $617,581 |
| 1,073 | 1985 | Marie: A True Story | $1,537,649 | $1,537,649 | |
| 1,074 | 2015 | The Met: Live in HD - Tannhauser | $1,526,581 | $1,150,000 | $376,581 |
| 1,075 | 2023 | Aiyu Konseoteu Deo Goldeun Awo (아이유 콘서트 : 더 골든 … | $1,521,479 | $1,521,479 | |
| 1,076 | 2013 | Sur le chemin de l'ecole | $1,518,983 | $7,424 | $1,511,559 |
| 1,077 | 2009 | The Cove | $1,516,214 | $869,730 | $646,484 |
| 1,078 | 2007 | Trade | $1,513,388 | $214,202 | $1,299,186 |
| 1,079 | 2016 | The Confession | $1,512,841 | $1,512,841 | |
| 1,080 | 2011 | Burke & Hare | $1,507,806 | $4,833 | $1,502,973 |
| 1,081 | 2017 | Daddy | $1,502,202 | $1,502,202 | |
| 1,082 | 1980 | Lion of the Desert | $1,502,136 | $1,500,000 | $2,136 |
| 1,083 | 2024 | Sarò con te | $1,499,121 | $1,499,121 | |
| 1,084 | 2014 | Yves Saint Laurent | $1,493,340 | $723,593 | $769,747 |
| 1,085 | 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | $1,492,100 | $1,252,100 | $240,000 |
| 1,086 | 2017 | Expedition Happiness | $1,482,415 | $1,482,415 | |
| 1,087 | 2022 | 2000 Mules | $1,465,512 | $1,465,512 | |
| 1,088 | 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | $1,464,542 | $614,201 | $850,341 |
| 1,089 | 2024 | The Goat Life | $1,458,012 | $1,458,012 | |
| 1,090 | 2016 | Chasing Great | $1,455,980 | $1,455,980 | |
| 1,091 | 2012 | Gerhard Richter Painting | $1,453,930 | $242,646 | $1,211,284 |
| 1,092 | 2007 | Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten | $1,453,275 | $248,182 | $1,205,093 |
| 1,093 | 2015 | Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D | $1,452,994 | $1,452,994 | |
| 1,094 | 2016 | Muhammad: The Messenger of God | $1,440,044 | $1,440,044 | |
| 1,095 | 2014 | Libertador | $1,435,706 | $113,067 | $1,322,639 |
| 1,096 | 1995 | Farinelli | $1,434,847 | $1,434,847 | |
| 1,097 | 2007 | No End In Sight | $1,433,319 | $1,433,319 | |
| 1,098 | 2016 | Oasis: Supersonic | $1,432,485 | $242,867 | $1,189,618 |
| 1,099 | 2010 | Restrepo | $1,430,603 | $1,330,894 | $99,709 |
| 1,100 | 2018 | Dr. Huang Danian | $1,420,000 | $1,420,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.