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 Based on TV Domestic - Top Based on Factual Book/Article Domestic - Top Spin-Off Domestic - Top Based on Movie Domestic - Top Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale Domestic - Top Based on Play Domestic - Top Based on Game Domestic - Top Based on Musical or Opera Domestic - Top Based on Theme Park Ride Domestic - Top Based on Toy Domestic - Top Based on Religious Text Domestic - Top Based on Short Film Domestic - Top Remake Domestic - Top Compilation 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 | 1948 | Words and Music | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | |
| 502 | 2017 | An Inconvenient Sequel | $3,496,795 | $2,342,527 | $5,839,322 |
| 503 | 2004 | The Corporation | $3,493,516 | $1,350,056 | $4,843,572 |
| 504 | 2012 | Bully | $3,483,795 | $3,483,795 | |
| 505 | 2008 | Jodhaa Akbar | $3,444,629 | $25,150,000 | $28,594,629 |
| 506 | 2004 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | $3,430,117 | $305,852 | $3,735,969 |
| 507 | 2012 | Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D | $3,377,000 | $805,062 | $4,182,062 |
| 508 | 2019 | Echo in the Canyon | $3,355,266 | $3,355,266 | |
| 509 | 2013 | Emperor | $3,346,264 | $11,559,205 | $14,905,469 |
| 510 | 1999 | Fifty | $3,328,240 | $3,328,240 | |
| 511 | 1994 | Squanto: A Warrior's Tale | $3,319,344 | $3,319,344 | |
| 512 | 2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $3,291,250 | $3,841,439 | $7,132,689 |
| 513 | 1983 | Let's Spend the Night Together | $3,282,561 | $3,282,561 | |
| 514 | 2005 | Rize | $3,278,611 | $1,579,120 | $4,857,731 |
| 515 | 2013 | The Fifth Estate | $3,254,172 | $2,900,000 | $6,154,172 |
| 516 | 1991 | Paris is Burning | $3,247,160 | $3,247,160 | |
| 517 | 2010 | Catfish | $3,237,343 | $561,391 | $3,798,734 |
| 518 | 2018 | 7 Days in Entebbe | $3,189,220 | $6,407,229 | $9,596,449 |
| 519 | 2005 | Grizzly Man | $3,178,403 | $1,326,048 | $4,504,451 |
| 520 | 2000 | Ride | $3,176,650 | $3,176,650 | |
| 521 | 2016 | The Eagle Huntress | $3,168,664 | $2,462,577 | $5,631,241 |
| 522 | 2019 | Maiden | $3,162,490 | $297,416 | $3,459,906 |
| 523 | 2006 | Wordplay | $3,121,270 | $56,366 | $3,177,636 |
| 524 | 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | $3,117,985 | $1,291,449 | $4,409,434 |
| 525 | 2024 | The Long Game | $3,060,040 | $3,060,040 | |
| 526 | 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $3,058,527 | $160,182 | $3,218,709 |
| 527 | 2001 | The Widow of St. Pierre | $3,058,380 | $3,058,380 | |
| 528 | 2018 | Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero | $3,054,285 | $769,335 | $3,823,620 |
| 529 | 1994 | Heavenly Creatures | $3,046,086 | $2,392,034 | $5,438,120 |
| 530 | 1995 | Crumb | $3,041,083 | $19,577 | $3,060,660 |
| 531 | 2018 | Whitney | $3,026,558 | $1,677,151 | $4,703,709 |
| 532 | 2019 | Honey Boy | $3,012,615 | $403,106 | $3,415,721 |
| 533 | 2006 | Miss Potter | $3,005,605 | $32,885,652 | $35,891,257 |
| 534 | 1998 | Mark Twain's America 3D | $2,992,106 | $2,992,106 | |
| 535 | 2025 | Rule Breakers | $2,969,825 | $2,969,825 | |
| 536 | 2016 | Anthropoid | $2,963,630 | $2,301,076 | $5,264,706 |
| 537 | 2008 | Man on Wire | $2,962,242 | $2,654,825 | $5,617,067 |
| 538 | 1996 | Basquiat | $2,962,051 | $371 | $2,962,422 |
| 539 | 2007 | Gracie | $2,956,339 | $965,704 | $3,922,043 |
| 540 | 2020 | The Last Full Measure | $2,949,212 | $371,899 | $3,321,111 |
| 541 | 2016 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | $2,934,445 | $7,148,709 | $10,083,154 |
| 542 | 2024 | Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist | $2,927,121 | $2,927,121 | |
| 543 | 2021 | Dream Horse | $2,913,328 | $3,616,740 | $6,530,068 |
| 544 | 2018 | American Animals | $2,853,526 | $1,681,883 | $4,535,409 |
| 545 | 2024 | Queer | $2,837,173 | $3,574,990 | $6,412,163 |
| 546 | 2017 | KEDi | $2,834,262 | $1,963,522 | $4,797,784 |
| 547 | 1995 | Unzipped | $2,833,010 | $2,833,010 | |
| 548 | 2014 | Myeong-ryang | $2,830,989 | $130,619,928 | $133,450,917 |
| 549 | 2024 | For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas | $2,827,417 | $133,644 | $2,961,061 |
| 550 | 2014 | The Fluffy Movie | $2,827,393 | $2,827,393 | |
| 551 | 2003 | My Architect | $2,822,522 | $801,436 | $3,623,958 |
| 552 | 2014 | CitizenFour | $2,800,870 | $3,401,898 | $6,202,768 |
| 553 | 2012 | The Met: Live in HD - Aida | $2,800,000 | $143,797 | $2,943,797 |
| 554 | 1950 | Three Little Words | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 | |
| 555 | 2024 | My Penguin Friend | $2,769,460 | $609,857 | $3,379,317 |
| 556 | 1998 | Freeriders | $2,750,064 | $2,750,064 | |
| 557 | 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | |
| 558 | 2002 | Comedian | $2,744,253 | $2,744,253 | |
| 559 | 1995 | The Show | $2,702,000 | $2,702,000 | |
| 560 | 1984 | The Bear | $2,687,148 | $2,687,148 | |
| 561 | 2016 | Yip Man 3 | $2,679,437 | $154,621,517 | $157,300,954 |
| 562 | 2012 | Samsara | $2,672,413 | $3,294,258 | $5,966,671 |
| 563 | 2015 | He Named Me Malala | $2,668,936 | $1,665,280 | $4,334,216 |
| 564 | 1996 | When We Were Kings | $2,666,118 | $1,981,488 | $4,647,606 |
| 565 | 1929 | Napoléon | $2,645,504 | $39,448 | $2,684,952 |
| 566 | 2004 | Therese | $2,627,016 | $2,627,016 | |
| 567 | 2017 | Mayweather vs. McGregor | $2,620,183 | $629,836 | $3,250,019 |
| 568 | 2025 | Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii | $2,620,076 | $3,876,209 | $6,496,285 |
| 569 | 2016 | Miles Ahead | $2,610,896 | $2,924,973 | $5,535,869 |
| 570 | 2004 | Control Room | $2,589,616 | $135,210 | $2,724,826 |
| 571 | 2024 | The Blue Angels | $2,560,945 | $57,595 | $2,618,540 |
| 572 | 2012 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | $2,552,478 | $237,557 | $2,790,035 |
| 573 | 2025 | No Other Land | $2,545,724 | $1,131,641 | $3,677,365 |
| 574 | 2023 | Come Out in Jesus Name | $2,543,913 | $2,543,913 | |
| 575 | 2024 | September 5 | $2,508,723 | $5,497,181 | $8,005,904 |
| 576 | 2024 | Jung Kook: I Am Still (정국: 아이 엠 스틸) | $2,500,823 | $16,000,000 | $18,500,823 |
| 577 | 2017 | LBJ | $2,468,683 | $38,498 | $2,507,181 |
| 578 | 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | $2,461,628 | $2,461,628 | |
| 579 | 2001 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic… | $2,452,566 | $2,452,566 | |
| 580 | 2014 | Kill the Messenger | $2,450,846 | $4,205,859 | $6,656,705 |
| 581 | 2015 | Pawn Sacrifice | $2,436,308 | $1,702,439 | $4,138,747 |
| 582 | 2016 | The Disappointments Room | $2,423,467 | $1,080,294 | $3,503,761 |
| 583 | 2023 | Blackberry | $2,418,546 | $380,201 | $2,798,747 |
| 584 | 2013 | The Gatekeepers | $2,408,553 | $183,755 | $2,592,308 |
| 585 | 2021 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | $2,404,127 | $303,777 | $2,707,904 |
| 586 | 2012 | The Queen of Versailles | $2,401,999 | $103,101 | $2,505,100 |
| 587 | 1994 | Backbeat | $2,392,599 | $2,315,656 | $4,708,255 |
| 588 | 1999 | Wildfire: Feel The Heat | $2,378,388 | $2,378,388 | |
| 589 | 2013 | No | $2,341,226 | $2,924,599 | $5,265,825 |
| 590 | 2015 | Meru | $2,334,228 | $16,592 | $2,350,820 |
| 591 | 2019 | My People, My Country (我和我的祖国) | $2,323,409 | $443,852,463 | $446,175,872 |
| 592 | 2021 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could … | $2,320,649 | $644,963 | $2,965,612 |
| 593 | 2018 | At Eternity’s Gate | $2,294,917 | $8,599,667 | $10,894,584 |
| 594 | 1997 | Snowriders 2 | $2,287,639 | $2,287,639 | |
| 595 | 2008 | Waltz with Bashir | $2,283,849 | $11,628,440 | $13,912,289 |
| 596 | 2022 | Gigi & Nate | $2,280,814 | $2,280,814 | |
| 597 | 2004 | Riding Giants | $2,276,368 | $1,015,965 | $3,292,333 |
| 598 | 2019 | Super 30 | $2,269,878 | $456,515 | $2,726,393 |
| 599 | 1980 | Gilda Live | $2,261,507 | $2,261,507 | |
| 600 | 2003 | DysFunkTional Family | $2,255,000 | $2,255,000 |
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.