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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | 2008 | Patti Smith: Dream of Life | $6,703 | $131,791 | $138,494 |
| 2,002 | 2016 | The Dying of the Light | $6,627 | $0 | $6,627 |
| 2,003 | 2010 | The Cartel | $6,569 | $0 | $6,569 |
| 2,004 | 2012 | Dreams of a Life | $6,559 | $0 | $6,559 |
| 2,005 | 2014 | I Am Ali | $6,526 | $0 | $6,526 |
| 2,006 | 2017 | The Pathological Optimist | $6,522 | $0 | $6,522 |
| 2,007 | 2015 | Cavalo Dinheiro | $6,508 | $1,746 | $8,254 |
| 2,008 | 2012 | Windfall | $6,504 | $0 | $6,504 |
| 2,009 | 2012 | The Beat Hotel | $6,480 | $0 | $6,480 |
| 2,010 | 2017 | Last Rampage | $6,294 | $0 | $6,294 |
| 2,011 | 2011 | Florent: Queen of the Meat Market | $6,282 | $0 | $6,282 |
| 2,012 | 2018 | Spiral | $6,279 | $0 | $6,279 |
| 2,013 | 2016 | The Bad Kids | $6,226 | $0 | $6,226 |
| 2,014 | 2010 | Det rode kapel | $6,196 | $0 | $6,196 |
| 2,015 | 2017 | The Freedom to Marry | $6,142 | $0 | $6,142 |
| 2,016 | 2013 | In Search of Blind Joe Death: The Saga of John … | $6,132 | $0 | $6,132 |
| 2,017 | 2015 | Famous Nathan | $6,048 | $0 | $6,048 |
| 2,018 | 2009 | The Good Soldier | $6,000 | $0 | $6,000 |
| 2,019 | 2010 | Phyllis and Harold | $5,992 | $0 | $5,992 |
| 2,020 | 2017 | Royahaye dame sobh | $5,937 | $0 | $5,937 |
| 2,021 | 2014 | The Hacker Wars | $5,916 | $0 | $5,916 |
| 2,022 | 2015 | Top Spin | $5,858 | $0 | $5,858 |
| 2,023 | 2017 | The Work | $5,853 | $14,721 | $20,574 |
| 2,024 | 2015 | Shout Gladi Gladi | $5,839 | $0 | $5,839 |
| 2,025 | 2006 | Bullrider | $5,800 | $0 | $5,800 |
| 2,026 | 2012 | Sushi: The Global Catch | $5,757 | $0 | $5,757 |
| 2,027 | 2016 | Tanna | $5,711 | $73,200 | $78,911 |
| 2,028 | 2015 | The Wanted 18 | $5,680 | $0 | $5,680 |
| 2,029 | 2013 | People of a Feather | $5,677 | $0 | $5,677 |
| 2,030 | 2007 | Fired! | $5,661 | $0 | $5,661 |
| 2,031 | 2011 | Elevate | $5,580 | $0 | $5,580 |
| 2,032 | 2015 | Our Man in Tehran | $5,573 | $0 | $5,573 |
| 2,033 | 2014 | Kid Cannabis | $5,565 | $0 | $5,565 |
| 2,034 | 2012 | Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story | $5,549 | $0 | $5,549 |
| 2,035 | 2010 | American Grindhouse | $5,529 | $0 | $5,529 |
| 2,036 | 2017 | Relève: Histoire d'une création | $5,454 | $0 | $5,454 |
| 2,037 | 2010 | Whiz Kids | $5,427 | $0 | $5,427 |
| 2,038 | 2014 | Flex is Kings | $5,418 | $0 | $5,418 |
| 2,039 | 2011 | Sons of Perdition | $5,401 | $0 | $5,401 |
| 2,040 | 2014 | Web Junkie | $5,338 | $0 | $5,338 |
| 2,041 | 1940 | De Mayerling à Sarajevo | $5,247 | $0 | $5,247 |
| 2,042 | 2008 | A Lawyer Walks into a Bar | $5,202 | $0 | $5,202 |
| 2,043 | 2006 | King Leopold's Ghost | $5,194 | $0 | $5,194 |
| 2,044 | 2008 | God and Gays: Bridging the Gap | $5,095 | $0 | $5,095 |
| 2,045 | 2013 | Bidder 70 | $5,074 | $0 | $5,074 |
| 2,046 | 1996 | A Leap of Faith | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| 2,047 | 2007 | The Price of Sugar | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| 2,048 | 2013 | Nuclear Nation | $4,960 | $0 | $4,960 |
| 2,049 | 2013 | Herman's House | $4,956 | $0 | $4,956 |
| 2,050 | 2017 | Company Town | $4,934 | $0 | $4,934 |
| 2,051 | 2005 | Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land | $4,930 | $0 | $4,930 |
| 2,052 | 2004 | With All Deliberate Speed | $4,920 | $0 | $4,920 |
| 2,053 | 2007 | Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global … | $4,890 | $0 | $4,890 |
| 2,054 | 2014 | Tore tanzt | $4,871 | $0 | $4,871 |
| 2,055 | 2016 | Call Her Applebroog | $4,842 | $0 | $4,842 |
| 2,056 | 2011 | Burke & Hare | $4,833 | $1,502,973 | $1,507,806 |
| 2,057 | 1992 | Edward II | $4,826 | $0 | $4,826 |
| 2,058 | 2012 | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | $4,816 | $0 | $4,816 |
| 2,059 | 2014 | Half the Road | $4,783 | $0 | $4,783 |
| 2,060 | 2006 | Street Fight | $4,779 | $0 | $4,779 |
| 2,061 | 2008 | Stealing America: Vote by Vote | $4,740 | $0 | $4,740 |
| 2,062 | 2016 | Roseanne for President! | $4,734 | $0 | $4,734 |
| 2,063 | 2015 | Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter | $4,706 | $0 | $4,706 |
| 2,064 | 2016 | Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame | $4,696 | $0 | $4,696 |
| 2,065 | 2014 | Death Metal Angola | $4,674 | $0 | $4,674 |
| 2,066 | 2016 | Blood on the Mountain | $4,664 | $0 | $4,664 |
| 2,067 | 2017 | Night School | $4,663 | $0 | $4,663 |
| 2,068 | 2006 | The Fall of Fujimori | $4,630 | $0 | $4,630 |
| 2,069 | 2015 | Seeds of Time | $4,630 | $0 | $4,630 |
| 2,070 | 2015 | Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango | $4,593 | $0 | $4,593 |
| 2,071 | 2014 | Smiling Through the Apocalypse | $4,560 | $0 | $4,560 |
| 2,072 | 2018 | Kangaroo | $4,547 | $10,923 | $15,470 |
| 2,073 | 2014 | Jews of Egypt | $4,506 | $0 | $4,506 |
| 2,074 | 2017 | The Pulitzer at 100 | $4,489 | $0 | $4,489 |
| 2,075 | 2017 | German Concentration Camps Factual Survey | $4,468 | $0 | $4,468 |
| 2,076 | 2015 | Farewell, Herr Schwartz | $4,455 | $0 | $4,455 |
| 2,077 | 2006 | Cowboy Del Amor | $4,438 | $0 | $4,438 |
| 2,078 | 2005 | Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold… | $4,433 | $0 | $4,433 |
| 2,079 | 2005 | Sacred Stage | $4,410 | $0 | $4,410 |
| 2,080 | 2007 | Blood and Tears | $4,364 | $0 | $4,364 |
| 2,081 | 2008 | Twisted: A Balloonamentary | $4,345 | $0 | $4,345 |
| 2,082 | 2014 | Life of a King | $4,304 | $0 | $4,304 |
| 2,083 | 2008 | Poisoned by Polonium: Litvinenko File | $4,293 | $0 | $4,293 |
| 2,084 | 2012 | Art is...The Permanent Revolution | $4,291 | $0 | $4,291 |
| 2,085 | 2016 | Breaking a Monster | $4,212 | $0 | $4,212 |
| 2,086 | 2016 | Among the Believers | $4,189 | $0 | $4,189 |
| 2,087 | 2012 | Kongen av Bastøy | $4,162 | $0 | $4,162 |
| 2,088 | 2008 | Heavy Metal in Baghdad | $4,070 | $0 | $4,070 |
| 2,089 | 2016 | I Don’t Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chante… | $4,069 | $0 | $4,069 |
| 2,090 | 2017 | Mostly Sunny | $4,046 | $0 | $4,046 |
| 2,091 | 2017 | Swim Team | $4,024 | $0 | $4,024 |
| 2,092 | 2011 | Building Hope | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 |
| 2,093 | 2006 | Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said | $3,897 | $0 | $3,897 |
| 2,094 | 2005 | Swenkas | $3,875 | $0 | $3,875 |
| 2,095 | 2005 | Two by Scorsese | $3,845 | $0 | $3,845 |
| 2,096 | 2004 | Saints and Sinners | $3,826 | $0 | $3,826 |
| 2,097 | 2012 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | $3,804 | $0 | $3,804 |
| 2,098 | 2005 | The Aggressives | $3,769 | $0 | $3,769 |
| 2,099 | 2003 | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Conne… | $3,741 | $0 | $3,741 |
| 2,100 | 2011 | The Harvest/La Cosecha | $3,709 | $0 | $3,709 |
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.
