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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,901 | 2014 | The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swar… | $50,735 | $2,379 | $53,114 |
| 1,902 | 2005 | Juarez: Stages of Fear | $50,707 | $50,707 | |
| 1,903 | 2017 | Keep Quiet | $50,454 | $50,454 | |
| 1,904 | 1957 | Le mystère Picasso | $50,253 | $50,253 | |
| 1,905 | 2014 | The Yes Men Are Revolting | $50,190 | $50,190 | |
| 1,906 | 2019 | Love, Antosha | $50,168 | $12,732 | $62,900 |
| 1,907 | 2016 | Fatima | $50,105 | $138,578 | $188,683 |
| 1,908 | 1982 | Love Child | $50,091 | $50,091 | |
| 1,909 | 2022 | Free Chol Soo Lee (프리 철수 리) | $50,083 | $24,633 | $74,716 |
| 1,910 | 2016 | Pele: Birth of a Legend | $49,979 | $7,809,018 | $7,858,997 |
| 1,911 | 2011 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $49,976 | $49,976 | |
| 1,912 | 2007 | Transformation: The Life & Legacy of Werner Erhard | $49,919 | $49,919 | |
| 1,913 | 2011 | Pianomania | $49,852 | $49,852 | |
| 1,914 | 2015 | Difret | $49,667 | $42,174 | $91,841 |
| 1,915 | 2014 | NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage | $49,591 | $49,591 | |
| 1,916 | 2008 | The Dhamma Brothers | $49,568 | $49,568 | |
| 1,917 | 2013 | Let the Fire Burn | $49,128 | $49,128 | |
| 1,918 | 2023 | The Disappearance of Shere Hite | $49,124 | $4,063 | $53,187 |
| 1,919 | 2013 | The Pervert's Guide to Ideology | $49,072 | $49,072 | |
| 1,920 | 2025 | Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore | $49,071 | $49,071 | |
| 1,921 | 2011 | Orgasm Inc. | $49,001 | $49,001 | |
| 1,922 | 1998 | Madadayo | $48,856 | $596 | $49,452 |
| 1,923 | 2007 | Ghosts of Cité Soleil | $48,752 | $48,752 | |
| 1,924 | 2018 | The China Hustle | $48,650 | $48,650 | |
| 1,925 | 2014 | American Mustang | $48,218 | $48,218 | |
| 1,926 | 2022 | Framing Agnes | $48,147 | $48,147 | |
| 1,927 | 2017 | Saving Banksy | $47,965 | $47,965 | |
| 1,928 | 2024 | Union | $47,883 | $47,883 | |
| 1,929 | 1968 | The Queen | $47,818 | $47,818 | |
| 1,930 | 2012 | Runaway Slave | $47,813 | $47,813 | |
| 1,931 | 2017 | Quest | $47,807 | $2,211 | $50,018 |
| 1,932 | 2025 | Janis Ian: Breaking Silence | $47,749 | $47,749 | |
| 1,933 | 2007 | L'avocat de la terreur | $47,724 | $1,200,000 | $1,247,724 |
| 1,934 | 2012 | Sing Your Song | $47,718 | $39,956 | $87,674 |
| 1,935 | 2023 | Black Ice | $47,362 | $47,362 | |
| 1,936 | 2006 | Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy | $47,243 | $47,243 | |
| 1,937 | 2005 | Das Goebbels-Experiment | $47,211 | $47,211 | |
| 1,938 | 2025 | DIG! XX | $47,086 | $5,876 | $52,962 |
| 1,939 | 1998 | Arguing the World | $47,044 | $47,044 | |
| 1,940 | 2011 | Connected: An Autobiography about Love, Death &… | $46,782 | $46,782 | |
| 1,941 | 2009 | American Casino | $46,710 | $46,710 | |
| 1,942 | 2011 | The Woodmans | $46,623 | $46,623 | |
| 1,943 | 2018 | Bigger | $46,382 | $3,811 | $50,193 |
| 1,944 | 2010 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | $46,380 | $46,380 | |
| 1,945 | 2005 | The Tunnel | $46,296 | $46,296 | |
| 1,946 | 2012 | La guerre est déclarée | $46,225 | $46,225 | |
| 1,947 | 2007 | The Hip Hop Project | $46,208 | $46,208 | |
| 1,948 | 2014 | Monk With a Camera | $45,938 | $45,938 | |
| 1,949 | 2018 | Hal | $45,889 | $1,360 | $47,249 |
| 1,950 | 2018 | Summer in the Forest | $45,542 | $22,652 | $68,194 |
| 1,951 | 2013 | Flores Raras | $45,502 | $40,253 | $85,755 |
| 1,952 | 2016 | We are X | $45,270 | $3,087,216 | $3,132,486 |
| 1,953 | 2014 | There’s No Place Like Utopia | $45,254 | $45,254 | |
| 1,954 | 2021 | MLK/FBI | $45,200 | $46,611 | $91,811 |
| 1,955 | 2004 | This So-Called Disaster | $45,195 | $45,195 | |
| 1,956 | 2013 | American Made Movie | $45,175 | $45,175 | |
| 1,957 | 2000 | Barenaked in America | $45,170 | $45,170 | |
| 1,958 | 2019 | The Proposal | $45,149 | $45,149 | |
| 1,959 | 2021 | Some Kind of Heaven | $45,068 | $9,684 | $54,752 |
| 1,960 | 2013 | Greedy Lying Bastards | $45,000 | $45,000 | |
| 1,961 | 2024 | Little Girl Blue | $44,958 | $44,958 | |
| 1,962 | 2012 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth | $44,883 | $44,883 | |
| 1,963 | 2009 | Pressure Cooker | $44,802 | $44,802 | |
| 1,964 | 1996 | Paris Was a Woman | $44,774 | $44,774 | |
| 1,965 | 2012 | Ballplayer: Pelotero | $44,689 | $44,689 | |
| 1,966 | 2014 | The Dog | $44,582 | $44,582 | |
| 1,967 | 2019 | What is Democracy | $44,502 | $44,502 | |
| 1,968 | 2005 | William Eggleston in the Real World | $44,435 | $44,435 | |
| 1,969 | 2009 | We Live in Public | $44,344 | $10,362 | $54,706 |
| 1,970 | 2019 | Carmine Street Guitars | $44,253 | $44,253 | |
| 1,971 | 2016 | Nuts! | $44,230 | $44,230 | |
| 1,972 | 2016 | Danny Says | $44,213 | $44,213 | |
| 1,973 | 2018 | Liyana | $44,045 | $44,045 | |
| 1,974 | 2008 | All Roads Lead Home | $43,905 | $43,905 | |
| 1,975 | 2018 | Hitler’s Hollywood | $43,766 | $43,766 | |
| 1,976 | 2010 | Boxing Gym | $43,710 | $43,710 | |
| 1,977 | 2017 | La Mort de Louis XIV | $43,635 | $166,067 | $209,702 |
| 1,978 | 2011 | Love Etc. | $43,593 | $43,593 | |
| 1,979 | 2012 | OC87 | $43,583 | $43,583 | |
| 1,980 | 2022 | Take Me to the River: New Orleans | $43,563 | $43,563 | |
| 1,981 | 2005 | Edvard Munch | $43,539 | $43,539 | |
| 1,982 | 1998 | The Brandon Teena Story | $43,506 | $43,506 | |
| 1,983 | 2017 | Demain | $43,471 | $8,295,068 | $8,338,539 |
| 1,984 | 2022 | All That Breathes | $43,467 | $184,665 | $228,132 |
| 1,985 | 2014 | If You Build It | $43,393 | $43,393 | |
| 1,986 | 2011 | Public Speaking | $43,184 | $43,184 | |
| 1,987 | 2022 | Punch 9 for Harold Washington | $43,170 | $43,170 | |
| 1,988 | 2018 | Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco | $43,169 | $43,169 | |
| 1,989 | 2007 | Billy the Kid | $43,129 | $43,129 | |
| 1,990 | 2014 | Next Goal Wins | $43,089 | $84,582 | $127,671 |
| 1,991 | 2019 | Immortal Hero | $43,059 | $6,137,025 | $6,180,084 |
| 1,992 | 2024 | Nurse Unseen | $42,778 | $42,778 | |
| 1,993 | 2013 | The Human Scale | $42,733 | $42,733 | |
| 1,994 | 2010 | Cropsey | $42,392 | $42,392 | |
| 1,995 | 2019 | Midnight Family | $42,310 | $35,216 | $77,526 |
| 1,996 | 2010 | The Oath | $42,273 | $42,273 | |
| 1,997 | 2011 | People v. The State of Illusion | $42,202 | $42,202 | |
| 1,998 | 2015 | El boton de nacar | $42,166 | $69,186 | $111,352 |
| 1,999 | 2022 | Loudmouth | $42,000 | $42,000 | |
| 2,000 | 1957 | On the Bowery | $41,802 | $41,802 |
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.