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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Real Life Events Movies (Rank 101-200)
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Real Life Events movies based on the cumulative worldwide 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 | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2006 | United 93 | $77,635,035 | $31,567,134 | $46,067,901 |
| 102 | 2021 | 1921 | $75,017,096 | $75,017,096 | |
| 103 | 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | $74,870,866 | $16,285,240 | $58,585,626 |
| 104 | 1999 | The Hurricane | $73,956,241 | $50,699,241 | $23,257,000 |
| 105 | 2018 | Sanju | $73,526,244 | $7,909,317 | $65,616,927 |
| 106 | 2023 | The Pope’s Exorcist | $72,913,467 | $20,009,380 | $52,904,087 |
| 107 | 2018 | Li hai le, wo de guo | $72,506,344 | $72,506,344 | |
| 108 | 1963 | Cleopatra | $71,000,000 | $57,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 109 | 2018 | Vice | $70,893,782 | $47,836,282 | $23,057,500 |
| 110 | 2008 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Wo… | $70,712,099 | $65,281,781 | $5,430,318 |
| 111 | 1985 | The Dream is Alive | $70,000,000 | $70,000,000 | |
| 112 | 2000 | Dolphins | $69,600,000 | $54,000,000 | $15,600,000 |
| 113 | 2013 | Stalingrad | $68,707,119 | $1,013,945 | $67,693,174 |
| 114 | 2010 | Hubble 3D | $68,448,481 | $52,753,175 | $15,695,306 |
| 115 | 2013 | One Direction: This is Us | $68,233,799 | $28,873,374 | $39,360,425 |
| 116 | 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $67,867,998 | $13,756,082 | $54,111,916 |
| 117 | 1980 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | |
| 118 | 2015 | Selma | $66,670,998 | $52,076,908 | $14,594,090 |
| 119 | 2006 | Huo Yuan Jia | $66,633,730 | $24,633,730 | $42,000,000 |
| 120 | 2000 | Thirteen Days | $66,554,547 | $34,566,746 | $31,987,801 |
| 121 | 1976 | Midway | $66,420,000 | $43,220,000 | $23,200,000 |
| 122 | 2008 | The Bank Job | $66,143,005 | $30,060,660 | $36,082,345 |
| 123 | 1991 | Antarctica | $66,070,389 | $65,000,000 | $1,070,389 |
| 124 | 2006 | Take the Lead | $65,390,493 | $34,742,066 | $30,648,427 |
| 125 | 1997 | Donnie Brasco | $65,303,052 | $41,954,997 | $23,348,055 |
| 126 | 2014 | Jing Cheng 81 Hao | $65,220,000 | $65,220,000 | |
| 127 | 1995 | The Living Sea | $64,800,000 | $64,800,000 | |
| 128 | 2007 | August Rush | $64,605,762 | $31,664,162 | $32,941,600 |
| 129 | 2004 | Miracle | $64,474,705 | $64,378,093 | $96,612 |
| 130 | 2003 | Monster | $64,200,321 | $34,469,210 | $29,731,111 |
| 131 | 2009 | Jiàn gúo dà yè | $62,995,096 | $62,995,096 | |
| 132 | 1981 | Chariots of Fire | $61,910,507 | $61,558,162 | $352,345 |
| 133 | 2015 | The Walk | $61,492,104 | $10,161,183 | $51,330,921 |
| 134 | 2019 | Bombshell | $61,404,394 | $31,762,808 | $29,641,586 |
| 135 | 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | $60,611,845 | $27,298,285 | $33,313,560 |
| 136 | 2010 | Secretariat | $60,376,247 | $59,699,513 | $676,734 |
| 137 | 2011 | Jiàn Dǎng Wěi Yè | $60,248,011 | $151,305 | $60,096,706 |
| 138 | 2010 | 127 Hours | $60,217,171 | $18,335,230 | $41,881,941 |
| 139 | 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody | $59,385,184 | $23,708,080 | $35,677,104 |
| 140 | 2006 | Invincible | $58,501,127 | $57,806,952 | $694,175 |
| 141 | 1997 | Amistad | $58,250,151 | $44,212,592 | $14,037,559 |
| 142 | 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | $58,240,487 | $21,576,018 | $36,664,469 |
| 143 | 2013 | Yi dai zong shi | $57,986,660 | $6,594,959 | $51,391,701 |
| 144 | 2018 | Adrift | $57,897,191 | $31,445,011 | $26,452,180 |
| 145 | 2016 | All Eyez on Me | $57,697,426 | $44,922,302 | $12,775,124 |
| 146 | 2008 | Milk | $57,293,371 | $31,841,299 | $25,452,072 |
| 147 | 2017 | The Big Sick | $56,868,677 | $42,872,467 | $13,996,210 |
| 148 | 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | $56,586,901 | $31,501,218 | $25,085,683 |
| 149 | 1993 | Tombstone | $56,505,065 | $56,505,065 | |
| 150 | 2002 | Frida | $56,131,239 | $25,885,000 | $30,246,239 |
| 151 | 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | $56,000,339 | $27,383,770 | $28,616,569 |
| 152 | 2004 | Open Water | $55,518,641 | $30,500,882 | $25,017,759 |
| 153 | 2004 | The Motorcycle Diaries | $54,966,165 | $16,756,372 | $38,209,793 |
| 154 | 1987 | La Bamba | $54,215,416 | $54,215,416 | |
| 155 | 2016 | Les Visiteurs: La Révolution | $53,999,678 | $53,999,678 | |
| 156 | 2017 | I, Tonya | $53,797,409 | $30,014,534 | $23,782,875 |
| 157 | 2023 | Jesus Revolution | $53,381,966 | $52,102,987 | $1,278,979 |
| 158 | 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | $53,365,925 | $24,146,161 | $29,219,764 |
| 159 | 2003 | Radio | $53,293,628 | $52,333,738 | $959,890 |
| 160 | 1989 | To the Limit | $53,000,000 | $53,000,000 | |
| 161 | 2023 | Bangtansonyeondan Yet Tu Keom In Sinema (방탄소년단 … | $53,000,000 | $7,889,021 | $45,110,979 |
| 162 | 2016 | Patriots Day | $52,837,989 | $31,886,361 | $20,951,628 |
| 163 | 2017 | The Outlaws | $52,097,753 | $52,097,753 | |
| 164 | 2017 | 1987: When the Day Comes | $51,775,357 | $51,775,357 | |
| 165 | 2015 | Himalaya | $51,706,687 | $696,717 | $51,009,970 |
| 166 | 2009 | Coco avant Chanel | $50,813,834 | $6,113,834 | $44,700,000 |
| 167 | 2007 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,728,163 | $23,746,066 | $26,982,097 |
| 168 | 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | $50,700,128 | $50,700,000 | $128 |
| 169 | 2012 | Red Tails | $50,365,498 | $49,876,377 | $489,121 |
| 170 | 1962 | The Longest Day | $50,100,000 | $39,100,000 | $11,000,000 |
| 171 | 1981 | Reds | $50,000,130 | $50,000,000 | $130 |
| 172 | 2005 | Capote | $49,924,079 | $28,750,530 | $21,173,549 |
| 173 | 2011 | Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master | $49,721,954 | $205,675 | $49,516,279 |
| 174 | 2009 | The Fourth Kind | $49,486,874 | $26,218,170 | $23,268,704 |
| 175 | 2016 | The Finest Hours | $49,252,761 | $27,569,558 | $21,683,203 |
| 176 | 2007 | Hwa-ryeo-han hyuga | $49,136,551 | $49,136,551 | |
| 177 | 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | $48,481,754 | $16,648,499 | $31,833,255 |
| 178 | 1999 | Girl, Interrupted | $48,308,749 | $28,871,190 | $19,437,559 |
| 179 | 2009 | Under the Sea 3D | $47,985,587 | $37,346,841 | $10,638,746 |
| 180 | 1999 | Man on the Moon | $47,407,635 | $34,580,635 | $12,827,000 |
| 181 | 2011 | Born to be Wild 3D | $47,400,288 | $36,869,362 | $10,530,926 |
| 182 | 2011 | Des Hommes et Des Dieux | $46,263,525 | $3,954,651 | $42,308,874 |
| 183 | 2018 | Winchester | $45,960,255 | $25,091,816 | $20,868,439 |
| 184 | 2017 | Gunhamdo | $45,872,441 | $1,104,957 | $44,767,484 |
| 185 | 2019 | Zhui Long 2: Zhui Ji Da Fu Hao | $45,738,461 | $196,634 | $45,541,827 |
| 186 | 2015 | McFarland, USA | $45,707,924 | $44,480,275 | $1,227,649 |
| 187 | 2019 | Judy | $45,495,000 | $24,319,961 | $21,175,039 |
| 188 | 1974 | The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | $45,411,063 | $45,411,063 | |
| 189 | 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | $45,032,437 | $15,789,389 | $29,243,048 |
| 190 | 2009 | Notorious | $44,972,183 | $36,843,682 | $8,128,501 |
| 191 | 2023 | RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ | $44,372,181 | $33,889,684 | $10,482,497 |
| 192 | 2017 | Loving Vincent | $44,058,550 | $6,735,118 | $37,323,432 |
| 193 | 2019 | Harriet | $44,035,587 | $43,082,155 | $953,432 |
| 194 | 2006 | We Are Marshall | $43,545,364 | $43,545,364 | |
| 195 | 2013 | Jobs | $43,402,515 | $16,131,410 | $27,271,105 |
| 196 | 2022 | The Fabelmans | $43,281,140 | $17,348,945 | $25,932,195 |
| 197 | 2023 | The Iron Claw | $42,812,014 | $35,611,828 | $7,200,186 |
| 198 | 2006 | Glory Road | $42,799,060 | $42,647,449 | $151,611 |
| 199 | 1985 | Mask | $42,417,782 | $42,417,782 | |
| 200 | 2015 | Legend | $42,280,444 | $1,872,994 | $40,407,450 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.