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Box Office Records > Domestic > All Movies > Sources > Top Based on Real Life Events Domestic
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 501-600)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 2006 | Who Killed the Electric Car? | $1,678,874 | $170,518 | $1,849,392 |
| 502 | 1985 | Bring on the Night | $1,675,689 | $0 | $1,675,689 |
| 503 | 2016 | Weiner | $1,675,196 | $75,924 | $1,751,120 |
| 504 | 2014 | Tim's Vermeer | $1,670,806 | $53,678 | $1,724,484 |
| 505 | 2018 | Padman | $1,662,927 | $16,530,722 | $18,193,649 |
| 506 | 2007 | Factory Girl | $1,661,464 | $0 | $1,661,464 |
| 507 | 2015 | The Letters | $1,647,416 | $0 | $1,647,416 |
| 508 | 1994 | Vertical Reality | $1,619,747 | $0 | $1,619,747 |
| 509 | 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,615,732 | $0 | $1,615,732 |
| 510 | 2011 | Senna | $1,612,430 | $9,312,217 | $10,924,647 |
| 511 | 2009 | It Might Get Loud | $1,610,163 | $0 | $1,610,163 |
| 512 | 2012 | Stories We Tell | $1,602,160 | $1,441,557 | $3,043,717 |
| 513 | 1997 | Rhyme & Reason | $1,591,687 | $0 | $1,591,687 |
| 514 | 2011 | I Am | $1,591,034 | $0 | $1,591,034 |
| 515 | 2016 | Neerja | $1,585,687 | $15,900,000 | $17,485,687 |
| 516 | 2017 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | $1,585,362 | $323,063 | $1,908,425 |
| 517 | 2017 | The Stray | $1,579,440 | $0 | $1,579,440 |
| 518 | 1996 | Microcosmos | $1,573,842 | $5,400,000 | $6,973,842 |
| 519 | 2003 | Veronica Guerin | $1,569,918 | $7,868,156 | $9,438,074 |
| 520 | 2012 | En kongelig affære | $1,546,761 | $17,436,516 | $18,983,277 |
| 521 | 2014 | Fed Up | $1,538,898 | $7,330 | $1,546,228 |
| 522 | 1985 | Marie: A True Story | $1,537,649 | $0 | $1,537,649 |
| 523 | 2005 | Murderball | $1,531,154 | $241,825 | $1,772,979 |
| 524 | 2017 | Taeksi Woonjunsa | $1,527,829 | $85,556,495 | $87,084,324 |
| 525 | 2013 | Kon-Tiki | $1,517,410 | $20,054,692 | $21,572,102 |
| 526 | 2014 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | $1,511,750 | $571,436 | $2,083,186 |
| 527 | 2011 | Bill Cunningham New York | $1,510,026 | $744,228 | $2,254,254 |
| 528 | 2014 | Finding Vivian Maier | $1,509,131 | $2,087,424 | $3,596,555 |
| 529 | 1980 | Lion of the Desert | $1,500,000 | $0 | $1,500,000 |
| 530 | 2002 | Evelyn | $1,483,975 | $2,805,534 | $4,289,509 |
| 531 | 2010 | Nowhere Boy | $1,445,366 | $6,339,863 | $7,785,229 |
| 532 | 1995 | Farinelli | $1,434,847 | $0 | $1,434,847 |
| 533 | 2007 | No End In Sight | $1,433,319 | $0 | $1,433,319 |
| 534 | 2009 | Polytechnique | $1,418,304 | $0 | $1,418,304 |
| 535 | 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | $1,415,082 | $364,488 | $1,779,570 |
| 536 | 2012 | Marley | $1,413,480 | $3,906,254 | $5,319,734 |
| 537 | 2009 | X Games 3D: The Movie | $1,391,434 | $0 | $1,391,434 |
| 538 | 2011 | The Devil's Double | $1,361,512 | $1,045,154 | $2,406,666 |
| 539 | 1999 | Tumbleweeds | $1,350,248 | $437,920 | $1,788,168 |
| 540 | 2015 | The Salt of the Earth | $1,343,349 | $13,209,409 | $14,552,758 |
| 541 | 2010 | Restrepo | $1,330,894 | $99,709 | $1,430,603 |
| 542 | 2016 | El abrazo de la serpiente | $1,329,249 | $527,160 | $1,856,409 |
| 543 | 1999 | Jing ke ci qin wang | $1,328,435 | $0 | $1,328,435 |
| 544 | 2015 | Iris | $1,310,678 | $136,354 | $1,447,032 |
| 545 | 2004 | Saints and Soldiers | $1,310,470 | $0 | $1,310,470 |
| 546 | 2012 | Air Racers 3D | $1,309,987 | $11,970 | $1,321,957 |
| 547 | 2003 | Sylvia | $1,302,242 | $1,601,895 | $2,904,137 |
| 548 | 2015 | The Wolfpack | $1,301,696 | $331,078 | $1,632,774 |
| 549 | 2002 | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $1,293,295 | $307,271 | $1,600,566 |
| 550 | 2001 | Startup.com | $1,280,975 | $546,652 | $1,827,627 |
| 551 | 2017 | Churchill | $1,279,681 | $5,284,842 | $6,564,523 |
| 552 | 2008 | Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | $1,252,100 | $240,000 | $1,492,100 |
| 553 | 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | $1,222,708 | $1,001,136 | $2,223,844 |
| 554 | 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | $1,215,045 | $784,998 | $2,000,043 |
| 555 | 2013 | Inequality for All | $1,205,079 | $20,690 | $1,225,769 |
| 556 | 1983 | Running Brave | $1,204,595 | $0 | $1,204,595 |
| 557 | 2011 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Ca… | $1,200,046 | $0 | $1,200,046 |
| 558 | 2000 | Backstage | $1,184,727 | $0 | $1,184,727 |
| 559 | 2004 | Festival Express | $1,174,079 | $110,000 | $1,284,079 |
| 560 | 2006 | Find Me Guilty | $1,173,673 | $1,724,552 | $2,898,225 |
| 561 | 2016 | The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk R… | $1,169,214 | $148,616 | $1,317,830 |
| 562 | 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | $1,169,030 | $2,435,935 | $3,604,965 |
| 563 | 2016 | Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe | $1,163,265 | $0 | $1,163,265 |
| 564 | 1999 | American Movie: The Making of Northwestern | $1,160,426 | $139,098 | $1,299,524 |
| 565 | 2007 | The Final Season | $1,159,691 | $0 | $1,159,691 |
| 566 | 2015 | The Met: Live in HD - Tannhauser | $1,150,000 | $376,581 | $1,526,581 |
| 567 | 2017 | Step | $1,146,292 | $6,545 | $1,152,837 |
| 568 | 2009 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $1,134,623 | $0 | $1,134,623 |
| 569 | 2007 | In the Shadow of the Moon | $1,134,358 | $1,041,229 | $2,175,587 |
| 570 | 2011 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,131,261 | $0 | $1,131,261 |
| 571 | 2004 | Paper Clips | $1,121,744 | $31,477 | $1,153,221 |
| 572 | 2011 | The Whistleblower | $1,120,914 | $1,082,740 | $2,203,654 |
| 573 | 2016 | Papa: Hemingway in Cuba | $1,115,615 | $3,507,145 | $4,622,760 |
| 574 | 2012 | Burn | $1,109,276 | $0 | $1,109,276 |
| 575 | 2006 | The U.S. vs John Lennon | $1,109,146 | $278,174 | $1,387,320 |
| 576 | 2017 | Gunhamdo | $1,104,957 | $44,767,484 | $45,872,441 |
| 577 | 2010 | Made in Dagenham | $1,095,369 | $14,548,827 | $15,644,196 |
| 578 | 2010 | The Perfect Game | $1,089,445 | $2,841,922 | $3,931,367 |
| 579 | 2014 | 50 to 1 | $1,069,454 | $0 | $1,069,454 |
| 580 | 2011 | There Be Dragons | $1,069,334 | $2,951,656 | $4,020,990 |
| 581 | 2000 | The Cup | $1,067,773 | $0 | $1,067,773 |
| 582 | 2011 | Page One: Inside the New York Times | $1,067,028 | $0 | $1,067,028 |
| 583 | 2007 | September Dawn | $1,066,555 | $0 | $1,066,555 |
| 584 | 2003 | Wonderland | $1,060,512 | $0 | $1,060,512 |
| 585 | 2016 | Elvis & Nixon | $1,055,284 | $388,001 | $1,443,285 |
| 586 | 2006 | Joyeux Noël | $1,054,361 | $22,079,714 | $23,134,075 |
| 587 | 2006 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | $1,044,254 | $350,000 | $1,394,254 |
| 588 | 2002 | Notorious C.H.O. | $1,033,395 | $0 | $1,033,395 |
| 589 | 2008 | The Children of Huang Shi | $1,031,872 | $7,189,828 | $8,221,700 |
| 590 | 2000 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | $1,029,591 | $0 | $1,029,591 |
| 591 | 2015 | Dior and I | $1,028,953 | $1,245,063 | $2,274,016 |
| 592 | 2017 | Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool | $1,024,266 | $2,818,695 | $3,842,961 |
| 593 | 2014 | Stalingrad | $1,013,945 | $67,693,174 | $68,707,119 |
| 594 | 2012 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | $1,004,821 | $261,633 | $1,266,454 |
| 595 | 2007 | Goya's Ghosts | $1,000,626 | $0 | $1,000,626 |
| 596 | 1987 | In the Mood | $999,000 | $0 | $999,000 |
| 597 | 2001 | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | $995,122 | $0 | $995,122 |
| 598 | 2012 | Rampart | $969,239 | $571,101 | $1,540,340 |
| 599 | 1980 | Heart Beat | $954,046 | $0 | $954,046 |
| 600 | 2009 | More Than a Game | $950,675 | $9,712 | $960,387 |
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.
