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All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 2,001-2,100)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | 2023 | A Compassionate Spy | $34,502 | $34,502 | |
| 2,002 | 2006 | The Real Dirt on Farmer John | $34,298 | $38,285 | $72,583 |
| 2,003 | 2020 | Best of CatVideoFest | $34,287 | $34,287 | |
| 2,004 | 2016 | Eisenstein In Guanajuato | $34,282 | $43,281 | $77,563 |
| 2,005 | 2016 | Off the Rails | $34,249 | $34,249 | |
| 2,006 | 2012 | Hit So Hard | $34,025 | $34,025 | |
| 2,007 | 2013 | Bert Stern: Original Mad Man | $34,005 | $34,005 | |
| 2,008 | 2019 | Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements | $33,841 | $33,841 | |
| 2,009 | 2011 | Making the Boys | $33,833 | $33,833 | |
| 2,010 | 2006 | My Country My Country | $33,620 | $33,620 | |
| 2,011 | 2017 | Powidoki | $33,443 | $951,908 | $985,351 |
| 2,012 | 2014 | Ekspeditionen til verdens ende | $33,416 | $33,416 | |
| 2,013 | 2000 | The Children of Chabannes | $33,413 | $33,413 | |
| 2,014 | 2006 | Sisters in Law | $33,312 | $33,312 | |
| 2,015 | 2013 | Running from Crazy | $33,300 | $33,300 | |
| 2,016 | 2018 | Ingmar Bergman: Vermächtnis eines Jahrhundertge… | $33,275 | $3,433 | $36,708 |
| 2,017 | 2009 | The Edge of Love | $33,260 | $3,205,662 | $3,238,922 |
| 2,018 | 2013 | Dislecksia: The Movie | $33,066 | $33,066 | |
| 2,019 | 2010 | Ahead of Time | $33,024 | $33,024 | |
| 2,020 | 2016 | The Map Against the World | $32,893 | $6,818,555 | $6,851,448 |
| 2,021 | 2011 | Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu | $32,889 | $32,889 | |
| 2,022 | 2011 | The Time That Remains | $32,869 | $32,869 | |
| 2,023 | 2009 | Of Time and the City | $32,677 | $32,677 | |
| 2,024 | 2007 | Sacco and Vanzetti | $32,203 | $32,203 | |
| 2,025 | 2017 | Brimstone & Glory | $32,059 | $32,059 | |
| 2,026 | 2019 | Desolation Center | $32,016 | $32,016 | |
| 2,027 | 2018 | Moynihan | $31,971 | $31,971 | |
| 2,028 | 2012 | District of Corruption | $31,954 | $31,954 | |
| 2,029 | 2020 | Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the … | $31,739 | $37,918 | $69,657 |
| 2,030 | 2013 | At Berkeley | $31,736 | $31,736 | |
| 2,031 | 2019 | Gift | $31,588 | $31,588 | |
| 2,032 | 2017 | Sidemen: Long Road to Glory | $31,399 | $31,399 | |
| 2,033 | 2019 | Memory: The Origins of Alien | $31,378 | $7,617 | $38,995 |
| 2,034 | 2008 | Hats Off | $31,272 | $31,272 | |
| 2,035 | 2015 | The Winding Stream | $31,249 | $31,249 | |
| 2,036 | 2005 | Reel Paradise | $31,235 | $31,235 | |
| 2,037 | 2011 | HEY, BOO: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird | $31,135 | $31,135 | |
| 2,038 | 2010 | Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talk… | $30,975 | $30,975 | |
| 2,039 | 2010 | GasLand | $30,846 | $308,659 | $339,505 |
| 2,040 | 2012 | Ouwehoeren | $30,810 | $30,810 | |
| 2,041 | 2022 | Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story | $30,801 | $30,801 | |
| 2,042 | 2019 | Pasolini | $30,757 | $152,743 | $183,500 |
| 2,043 | 2014 | Documented | $30,662 | $30,662 | |
| 2,044 | 2008 | Fighting for Life | $30,606 | $30,606 | |
| 2,045 | 2008 | Dark Matter | $30,591 | $30,591 | |
| 2,046 | 2017 | No Greater Love | $30,531 | $30,531 | |
| 2,047 | 2020 | After Parkland | $30,444 | $30,444 | |
| 2,048 | 2017 | Dealt | $30,414 | $30,414 | |
| 2,049 | 2023 | Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | $30,373 | $116,641 | $147,014 |
| 2,050 | 2006 | Excellent Cadavers | $30,296 | $30,296 | |
| 2,051 | 2023 | Bobi Wine: The People\'s President | $30,263 | $14,305 | $44,568 |
| 2,052 | 2021 | Das geheime Leben der Bäume | $30,239 | $2,779,662 | $2,809,901 |
| 2,053 | 2015 | Paul Taylor Creative Domain | $30,168 | $30,168 | |
| 2,054 | 2009 | American Swing | $30,156 | $30,156 | |
| 2,055 | 2024 | Bushman | $29,932 | $29,932 | |
| 2,056 | 2010 | Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie | $29,893 | $29,893 | |
| 2,057 | 2013 | Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | $29,863 | $29,863 | |
| 2,058 | 2013 | A Fierce Green Fire | $29,817 | $29,817 | |
| 2,059 | 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | $29,784 | $60,002 | $89,786 |
| 2,060 | 2017 | Uncertain | $29,736 | $29,736 | |
| 2,061 | 2015 | 3 and 1/2 Minutes | $29,725 | $8,856 | $38,581 |
| 2,062 | 2008 | Lou Reed's Berlin | $29,692 | $29,692 | |
| 2,063 | 2016 | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | $29,500 | $29,500 | |
| 2,064 | 2016 | Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art | $29,462 | $9,109 | $38,571 |
| 2,065 | 2006 | Romántico | $29,460 | $29,460 | |
| 2,066 | 2016 | The Seventh Fire | $29,361 | $1,643 | $31,004 |
| 2,067 | 2018 | Charm City | $29,335 | $29,335 | |
| 2,068 | 2016 | The Unknowns | $29,284 | $29,284 | |
| 2,069 | 2016 | Time to Choose | $29,233 | $29,233 | |
| 2,070 | 2011 | Topp Twins Untouchable Girls | $29,200 | $29,200 | |
| 2,071 | 2020 | Tread | $29,136 | $29,136 | |
| 2,072 | 2017 | In Pursuit of Silence | $29,050 | $12,006 | $41,056 |
| 2,073 | 1997 | Intimate Relations | $28,978 | $28,978 | |
| 2,074 | 2022 | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power | $28,826 | $17,260 | $46,086 |
| 2,075 | 2010 | Deux de la vague | $28,808 | $28,808 | |
| 2,076 | 2023 | The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of Da… | $28,654 | $28,654 | |
| 2,077 | 2011 | Garbo: El espía | $28,563 | $28,563 | |
| 2,078 | 2014 | Stations of the Elevated | $28,516 | $28,516 | |
| 2,079 | 2012 | You've Been Trumped | $28,450 | $28,450 | |
| 2,080 | 2016 | Rabin, The Last Day | $28,411 | $28,411 | |
| 2,081 | 2018 | On Her Shoulders | $28,288 | $28,228 | $56,516 |
| 2,082 | 2015 | The Nightmare | $28,281 | $2,642 | $30,923 |
| 2,083 | 2021 | Writing With Fire | $28,262 | $1,595 | $29,857 |
| 2,084 | 2016 | Kang rinpoche | $28,184 | $15,413,005 | $15,441,189 |
| 2,085 | 2005 | 39 Pounds of Love | $28,125 | $2,135 | $30,260 |
| 2,086 | 2022 | Bitterbrush | $28,099 | $28,099 | |
| 2,087 | 2015 | Bikes vs Cars | $28,072 | $81,027 | $109,099 |
| 2,088 | 2015 | Sembene! | $28,059 | $28,059 | |
| 2,089 | 2016 | Rabin, in His Own Words | $27,941 | $27,941 | |
| 2,090 | 2017 | 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story | $27,739 | $27,739 | |
| 2,091 | 2013 | Broadway Idiot | $27,595 | $27,595 | |
| 2,092 | 2004 | WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception | $27,301 | $27,301 | |
| 2,093 | 2011 | Jane's Journey | $27,253 | $27,253 | |
| 2,094 | 2010 | The Human Experience | $27,170 | $27,170 | |
| 2,095 | 1967 | Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back | $27,158 | $27,158 | |
| 2,096 | 2019 | Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert… | $27,073 | $27,073 | |
| 2,097 | 2009 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $27,052 | $27,052 | |
| 2,098 | 2011 | Forks Over Knives | $27,000 | $61,500 | $88,500 |
| 2,099 | 2008 | Frontrunners | $26,976 | $26,976 | |
| 2,100 | 2009 | The Garden | $26,931 | $26,931 |
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.