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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100)
See also: Top Based on Real Life Events International - Top Based on Real Life Events Worldwide - Top Based on Real Life Events Weekend Domestic - Top Based on Real Life Events Day Domestic
Other Domestic Sources records: Top Original Screenplay Domestic - Top Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Domestic - Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Domestic - Top Remake Domestic - Top Based on TV Domestic - Top Based on Factual Book/Article Domestic - Top Based on Play Domestic
This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative domestic 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 | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 2016 | Jheronimus Bosch, Touched by the Devil | $172,533 | $0 | $172,533 |
| 1,002 | 2009 | Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love | $172,225 | $0 | $172,225 |
| 1,003 | 2014 | Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq | $172,120 | $0 | $172,120 |
| 1,004 | 2007 | The Flying Scotsman | $171,817 | $1,100,000 | $1,271,817 |
| 1,005 | 2017 | David Lynch: The Art Life | $171,419 | $127,122 | $298,541 |
| 1,006 | 2014 | The Last of Robin Hood | $171,138 | $0 | $171,138 |
| 1,007 | 2009 | Crude | $170,295 | $15,586 | $185,881 |
| 1,008 | 2010 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $167,508 | $0 | $167,508 |
| 1,009 | 2015 | All Things Must Pass | $166,872 | $0 | $166,872 |
| 1,010 | 2006 | Our Brand is Crisis | $166,750 | $0 | $166,750 |
| 1,011 | 2013 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks | $166,243 | $435,799 | $602,042 |
| 1,012 | 2016 | De Palma | $165,237 | $2,805 | $168,042 |
| 1,013 | 2017 | The Journey | $164,994 | $306,219 | $471,213 |
| 1,014 | 2014 | Nas: Time is Illmatic | $164,540 | $0 | $164,540 |
| 1,015 | 2006 | Cocaine Cowboys | $163,000 | $0 | $163,000 |
| 1,016 | 2002 | Hybrid | $162,605 | $0 | $162,605 |
| 1,017 | 2006 | Awesome: I F%!#in' Shot That | $162,538 | $0 | $162,538 |
| 1,018 | 2014 | Keep On Keepin’ On | $162,530 | $0 | $162,530 |
| 1,019 | 2018 | Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-M… | $162,080 | $3,251 | $165,331 |
| 1,020 | 2005 | Mughal-e-Azam | $161,434 | $0 | $161,434 |
| 1,021 | 2007 | Nanking | $161,182 | $404,752 | $565,934 |
| 1,022 | 2003 | Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns | $160,621 | $0 | $160,621 |
| 1,023 | 2017 | Big Sonia | $160,308 | $0 | $160,308 |
| 1,024 | 2016 | The Witness | $159,305 | $3,787 | $163,092 |
| 1,025 | 2008 | Girls Rock! | $159,294 | $3,600 | $162,894 |
| 1,026 | 2017 | Ex Libris: The New York Public Library | $158,192 | $4,316 | $162,508 |
| 1,027 | 2016 | Eva Hesse | $157,481 | $2,969 | $160,450 |
| 1,028 | 2013 | Free the Mind | $157,077 | $0 | $157,077 |
| 1,029 | 2008 | My Winnipeg | $156,629 | $0 | $156,629 |
| 1,030 | 2009 | The Horse Boy | $156,612 | $0 | $156,612 |
| 1,031 | 2017 | Elser | $155,897 | $280,621 | $436,518 |
| 1,032 | 2015 | Experimenter | $155,575 | $83,673 | $239,248 |
| 1,033 | 2003 | Billabong Odyssey | $155,500 | $0 | $155,500 |
| 1,034 | 2015 | Desert Dancer | $155,271 | $168,947 | $324,218 |
| 1,035 | 2012 | Crazy Horse | $154,691 | $75,489 | $230,180 |
| 1,036 | 2011 | Magic Trip | $154,521 | $0 | $154,521 |
| 1,037 | 2008 | Hunger | $154,084 | $0 | $154,084 |
| 1,038 | 2014 | Citizen Koch | $153,908 | $0 | $153,908 |
| 1,039 | 2013 | Somm | $153,620 | $0 | $153,620 |
| 1,040 | 2007 | Music Within | $153,205 | $0 | $153,205 |
| 1,041 | 2011 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $153,088 | $33,908 | $186,996 |
| 1,042 | 2013 | Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors o… | $152,449 | $0 | $152,449 |
| 1,043 | 2013 | Snake and Mongoose | $152,223 | $0 | $152,223 |
| 1,044 | 2007 | Show Business | $151,792 | $0 | $151,792 |
| 1,045 | 2016 | Generation Found | $151,751 | $0 | $151,751 |
| 1,046 | 2011 | Jiàn Dǎng Wěi Yè | $151,305 | $60,096,706 | $60,248,011 |
| 1,047 | 2012 | Hecho en México | $151,133 | $891,540 | $1,042,673 |
| 1,048 | 2004 | De fem benspaend | $150,966 | $111,447 | $262,413 |
| 1,049 | 2011 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $150,886 | $0 | $150,886 |
| 1,050 | 2014 | From the Rough | $150,000 | $0 | $150,000 |
| 1,051 | 2014 | James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D | $149,879 | $0 | $149,879 |
| 1,052 | 2016 | Michael Moore in TrumpLand | $149,090 | $0 | $149,090 |
| 1,053 | 2017 | Chavela | $148,666 | $77,878 | $226,544 |
| 1,054 | 2017 | Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | $147,780 | $0 | $147,780 |
| 1,055 | 2013 | American Promise | $146,702 | $0 | $146,702 |
| 1,056 | 2010 | Carlos | $145,526 | $11,476 | $157,002 |
| 1,057 | 2017 | The Last Dalai Lama? | $145,513 | $0 | $145,513 |
| 1,058 | 2016 | Seed: The Untold Story | $145,443 | $5,353 | $150,796 |
| 1,059 | 2013 | Narco Cultura | $145,088 | $0 | $145,088 |
| 1,060 | 2006 | Once in a Lifetime: the Extraordinary Story of … | $144,601 | $70,958 | $215,559 |
| 1,061 | 2011 | Thunder Soul | $143,986 | $0 | $143,986 |
| 1,062 | 2006 | Kekexili | $143,383 | $0 | $143,383 |
| 1,063 | 2014 | Kids for Cash | $143,178 | $0 | $143,178 |
| 1,064 | 2008 | FLOW: For Love of Water | $142,569 | $0 | $142,569 |
| 1,065 | 2011 | Nostalgia de la luz | $142,285 | $238,348 | $380,633 |
| 1,066 | 2015 | Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck | $140,208 | $1,819,988 | $1,960,196 |
| 1,067 | 1988 | Hanna's War | $139,796 | $0 | $139,796 |
| 1,068 | 2014 | Mistaken for Strangers | $138,991 | $109,406 | $248,397 |
| 1,069 | 2013 | Good Ol' Freda | $138,811 | $0 | $138,811 |
| 1,070 | 2015 | Jag är Ingrid | $138,148 | $1,918,401 | $2,056,549 |
| 1,071 | 2010 | Love Ranch | $137,885 | $8,264 | $146,149 |
| 1,072 | 2005 | Music from the Inside Out | $136,594 | $0 | $136,594 |
| 1,073 | 2014 | Dancing in Jaffa | $136,257 | $159,903 | $296,160 |
| 1,074 | 2012 | The Lady | $135,985 | $2,066,306 | $2,202,291 |
| 1,075 | 2011 | Xinhai geming | $135,739 | $8,457,415 | $8,593,154 |
| 1,076 | 2006 | What the Bleep?: Down the Rabbit Hole | $135,706 | $0 | $135,706 |
| 1,077 | 2012 | The Other Dream Team | $134,109 | $180,335 | $314,444 |
| 1,078 | 2005 | Beautiful Boxer | $133,920 | $0 | $133,920 |
| 1,079 | 2014 | Le metis de Dieu | $133,672 | $0 | $133,672 |
| 1,080 | 2015 | Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Roc… | $133,443 | $0 | $133,443 |
| 1,081 | 2014 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | $133,296 | $0 | $133,296 |
| 1,082 | 2017 | Hare Krishna! The Mantra, The Movement and the … | $133,006 | $15,981 | $148,987 |
| 1,083 | 2007 | The Devil Came on Horseback | $132,782 | $0 | $132,782 |
| 1,084 | 2006 | Stolen | $132,596 | $0 | $132,596 |
| 1,085 | 2008 | Dalai Lama Renaissance | $132,411 | $0 | $132,411 |
| 1,086 | 2013 | Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? | $132,409 | $0 | $132,409 |
| 1,087 | 2017 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $132,369 | $0 | $132,369 |
| 1,088 | 2005 | Deep Blue | $132,261 | $19,200,000 | $19,332,261 |
| 1,089 | 2012 | Kumaré | $131,909 | $0 | $131,909 |
| 1,090 | 2009 | Until the Light Takes Us | $130,441 | $0 | $130,441 |
| 1,091 | 2016 | Requiem for the American Dream | $130,152 | $0 | $130,152 |
| 1,092 | 2005 | Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes van Zandt | $129,424 | $8,766 | $138,190 |
| 1,093 | 2018 | The King | $129,339 | $0 | $129,339 |
| 1,094 | 2013 | Free Angela & All Political Prisoners | $129,102 | $0 | $129,102 |
| 1,095 | 2010 | Stonewall Uprising | $128,203 | $0 | $128,203 |
| 1,096 | 2017 | City of Ghosts | $128,015 | $72,416 | $200,431 |
| 1,097 | 2017 | Maria Sklodowska Curie | $127,993 | $1,739,631 | $1,867,624 |
| 1,098 | 2013 | A Band Called Death | $127,257 | $0 | $127,257 |
| 1,099 | 2004 | Dig | $127,067 | $441,279 | $568,346 |
| 1,100 | 2006 | Unknown White Male | $126,836 | $0 | $126,836 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
